BOSTON (WHDH) - A Mattapan man is facing a number of charges after he allegedly opened fire on an MBTA bus in Boston on Monday morning.
Officers responding to a report of a shooting in the area of Morton Street and Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan just before 10:30 a.m. found a 30-year-old man on a bus suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to his leg, according to Transit police.
The victim was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the victim and the alleged shooter, later identified as 35-year-old Ricardo Blake, were arguing before the gun was fired.
Blake was arrested around 11:30 a.m. on Hyde Park Avenue on Wednesday. He will face numerous firearm-related charges as well as assault and battery with a dangerous weapon-firearm.
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