Suspect charged after man shot in Boston Common
NOW OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. SARA. AND THAT ARRAIGNMENT HAPPENED JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO. JESSICA AND ANTOINETTE THE ARRAIGNMENT FOR 30 YEAR-OLD DANA LOWDER. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. BOSTON POLICE SAY THEY CAUGHT HIM WITH A LOADED WEAPON MOMENTS AFTER A SHOOTING TOOK PLACE ON THE BOSTON COMMON. THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER TEN LAST NIGHT NEXT TO THE BREWER FOUNTAIN AND PARK STREET T STOP. BOSTON POLICE SAY OFFICERS WERE ON PATROL WHEN THEY HEARD GUNSHOTS COMING FROM THE COMMON, AND THEY SAW PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY. A SUSPICIOUS MAN WAS ALSO RUNNING AWAY, ACCORDING TO POLICE, AND HE THEY SAW HIM CLUTCHING THE FRONT OF HIS WAISTBAND WITH BOTH HANDS AS POLICE CHASED AND ARRESTED HIM AND HE ALLEGEDLY DROPPED A FIREARM. DANA LOWDER IS NOW FACING WEAPONS AND DRUG CHARGES BUT NOT CHARGED SPECIFICALLY IN THE SHOOTING, AT LEAST NOT YET. THIS MORNING, WE SPOKE WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER MICHAEL COX. THE VICTIM IS STILL RECOVERING AT THE HOSPITAL. UNKNOWN STATUS WHERE THEY SAY. BUT THE OFFICERS DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF RESPONDING QUICKLY AND AND HOPEFULLY APPREHENDING THE PERSON WHO MAY HAVE PARTICIPATED. DANA LOWDER OF LYNNFIELD IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL UNTIL A DANGEROUSNESS HEARING ON MONDAY. HE HAS A SECOND OPEN CASE HERE OUT OF THIS COURT, AS WELL AS ANOTHER OPEN CASE OUT OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY. AND ACCORDING TO WHAT WE HEARD IN COURT TODAY, HE WAS WEARING A GPS BRACELET AT THE TIME HE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY ON THE COMMON. AS FOR THE VICTIM, BOSTON POLICE SAY THAT VICTIM SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS AT LAST CHECK IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
Suspect charged after man shot in Boston Common
Updated: 12:09 PM EDT Jun 11, 2024
A man suffered life-threatening wounds in a shooting Monday night in the Boston Common next to the water fountain.
A man suffered life-threatening wounds in a shooting Monday night in the Boston Common next to the water fountain.
