RANDOLPH, MASS. (WHDH) - Police swarmed a gas station in Randolph Friday as they investigated a report of shots fired in Dorchester that left one man with a gunshot wound to the hand, Boston police confirmed.
Law enforcement officers were seen at the Mobil gas station on North Main Street in Randolph early Friday afternoon. Police had two cars roped off with yellow caution tape and could be seen questioning people in the area.
SKY7-HD spotted one car with a bullet hole in its window.
In a statement, a Boston police spokesperson said officers first responded to a ShotSpotter activation on Harvard Street in Dorchester near 11:15 a.m.
Though the investigation was ongoing, the spokesperson said one of the vehicles seen in Randolph was connected to the Shot Spotter activation.
At one point in Randolph, a 7NEWS camera spotted a man speaking with police while wearing a bandage on his hand. The man appeared to have blood on his sweatpants.
Officials said the man who was injured suffered non-life-threatening injuries. No shots were fired at the Randolph Mobil station.
Police eventually cleared the scene and had not made any arrests as of around 4:30 p.m.
With little information on what happened, people in Randolph were on high alert.
“I saw the police come in and try to arrest someone and they were fighting and that’s it,” said one man.
“I have been here for one year now and I haven’t heard anything like this,” the same man said.
“There were six police cars,” said Ilene Cloutier. “They all had their lights on. And they were just walking around.”
The car with the bullet hole in Randolph was towed back to Boston, according to police.
Boston police said they had not made any arrests as of around 4:30 p.m.
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