A teenager has been arrested after a shooting in Dorchester Wednesday night, according to Boston police.
Another teenager was wounded in the shooting, though he was not struck by gunfire and his injuries are not life-threatening, police said. A spokesman said that the person was hurt while trying to avoid being shot.
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It happened near the intersection of Erie and Ellington streets, close to Franklin Park. The intersection was closed off, with a large number of evidence markers surrounded by police tape.
Police said Thursday they had arrested one person, a 16-year-old male from Mattapan, and recovered a gun.
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The teenager, whose name has not been released, is facing charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of a large capacity firearm, carrying a loaded firearm without permission, unlawful possession of ammunition, trespassing and delinquency to wit.
He is expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court, but police did not say when that would happen.
Boston police said they responded to the shooting just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, finding the victim surrounded by several other people. He told officers three people had approached him on scooters, questioning him and firing shots before fleeing.
Police tried to stop two scooters, with an operator and a passenger on each. At one point, officers got out of their cruiser, approaching a scooter.
"The operator made evasive maneuvers, causing the rear passenger to fall off," Boston police wrote in a press release Thursday.
Authorities said that passenger -- the teenager who was arrested -- fled on foot, with officers ultimately finding him hiding on Norwell Street.
Police said they recovered a Canik semi-automatic firearm with a magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. That magazine was empty and there were no rounds in the gun's chamber.
