One among the boys charged with the broad daylight capturing throughout a Boston Caribbean Pageant parade in 2023 is on the run.
The Boston Police Division on Tuesday issued a wished alert for Gerald Vick, 31, of Dorchester. He is among the 4 males indicted final winter of capturing at rivals with out regard to bystanders in the course of the annual J’Ouvert parade on Aug. 26, 2023, across the first block of Talbot Avenue in Dorchester.
In all, six males and two girls had been shot. Six of the victims had been transported to space hospitals for non-life-threatening accidents whereas the remaining two victims suffered graze wounds and declined therapy.
Vick was charged in Suffolk Superior Courtroom with eight counts of assault and battery with a firearm, illegal possession of a machine gun, illegal possession of a firearm, and firearm use in fee of a felony. He additionally has a default warrant out of the identical courtroom for different firearm offenses, police say.
The BPD describes Vick as a 5-foot-6 black man of about 155 kilos with a number of tattoos. Police say he has recognized ties to Taunton.
The BPD asks anybody who sees Vick to name 911 instantly. Anybody with info on his location ought to name detectives at 617-343-4712. Nameless ideas might be made by the CrimeStoppers tipline by calling 1-800-494-TIPS (8477) or by texting the phrase TIP to CRIME (27463).
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Gerald Vick, proper, is escorted out of the courtroom in municipal courtroom in Dorchester after he was arraigned final yr on prices associated to the J’ouvert parade shootings. (David L. Ryan/Pool picture)
