Police: Four arrested on weapons charges after fight outside downtown club

Boston Police report arresting four men, one of them with a smashed-in face, while breaking up a fight around 2:20 this morning outside Mantra in Downtown Crossing.

All four were charged will illegal possession of a weapon and ammunition after Roo the Explosives Sniffing Dog was brought in and sussed out a loaded 9mm Luger handgun (and four bags of marijuana), police say, adding one of the men was known to them for alleged involvement in prior gun-related incidents.

Roy Brown, 24 of Boston, Nackian Kennedy, 23 of Boston, Anthony Kennedy, 25 of Brockton and Joshua Thompson, 26 of Boston, were arrested.

Innocent, etc.