BOSTON (WHDH) - Two people, including a 16-year-old boy, were arrested in Mattapan on Tuesday after a traffic stop uncovered an illegal loaded gun in a vehicle with two young children inside, officials said.
Officers responding to a report of shots fired in the area of 20 Glenarm Road about 8:34 p.m. noticed a vehicle that failed to use a signal while turning onto Woodrow Avenue, according to Boston police.
After removing the driver, William Walker, 28, of Dorchester, for driving without a license, officers arrested Walker and a 16-year-old passenger from Charlestown after finding a loaded Taurus Millenium 9mm handgun in the car. Two passengers, ages 5 and 6, were also removed from the vehicle.
Walker will be arraigned on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, subsequent offense and was ticketed for having a child not secured in a car seat. He also had three active warrants.
The juvenile was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a large-capacity firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition.
Both are expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court.
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