Police arrested a South Boston man and charged him with illegal gun possession after responding to a call of shots fired on Heath Street in Jamaica Plain.
On Tuesday, March 30 members of the Boston Police Youth Violence Strike Force arrested 23-year-old Reymundo Ortiz of South Boston after responding to a call for shots fired in the area of 123 Heath St. .
The incident occurred at 11 p.m. on the above date when officers from Jamaica Plain’s E-13 station were on patrol near the Bromley-Heath Housing Development when they heard the sound of gunfire in close proximity.
The officers located numerous spent shell casings and observed ballistic damage to three motor vehicles as well as one nearby residence.