LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A man is under arrest after police say he robbed a gas station at gunpoint Thursday in Lowell and then opened fire on a witness who was tailing him after the crime.
Officers responding to a reported robbery at the Speedway Gas Station on Pawtucket Street just after 8 a.m. were told that a suspect, later identified as Harris Uzoma 28, of Lowell, fled the scene on foot, got into a waiting car, and then fired four rounds at a witness who was following the vehicle, police said.
The witness was not harmed, police said.
A SWAT team located the vehicle and found Uzoma hiding inside of a laundry room at a nearby building, police said.
He is being charged with armed robbery, armed assault with intent to murder and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, police said. A handgun was also recovered at the scene.
He is being held without bail.
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