As kids pick up back-to-school supplies at Almont Park in Mattapan, somebody starts firing a gun; nobody injured, suspect arrested

Boston Police report arresting a Randolph antheral with a loaded weapon moments aft gunfire past nighttime adjacent Almont Park - wherever volunteers were engaged giving distant backpacks to BPS students for the coming schoolhouse year.

It's the latest successful a bid of gun-related incidents this twelvemonth successful and astir the park, which person included a murder connected Almont Street a week ago.

According to police, officers responded to the country of 25 Orlando St. connected a study of gunfire astir 8:30 p.m.

Police accidental that officers "observed a ample radical successful a backstage parking lot" astatine 25 Orlando:

As Officers approached the group, officers observed a conveyance with each of its windows open, with a antheral occupant wrong the rear rider seat. The male, aboriginal identified arsenic [Garfield] Williams, exited the conveyance and began to locomotion distant arsenic Officers approached the vehicle. Officers had a wide presumption into the conveyance and observed the muzzle of a firearm, wrapped successful a portion of covering and protruding from underneath the seat. Officers were capable to spot Mr. Williams into custody without incident.

The weapon was "a Taurus 9mm handgun loaded with 3 rounds of .380 ammunition and 8 9mm rounds successful the magazine.

Williams, 38, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession of a large-capacity firearm and carrying a loaded firearm, constabulary say.

Innocent, etc.