Police: Gunmen with bad aim kept shooting at guy trying to get their plate number after a traffic incident

Boston Police report arresting two men on charges they responded to a car horn by shooting at the other driver - thanks in part to that driver, who kept following them even though they kept shooting at him.

Police say a man waiting to make a left turn onto Seaver Street from Blue Hill Avenue around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday tapped his horn when the light turned green and the car in front of him didn't move.

The victim reported that as he and the driver at whom he had sounded his horn turned onto Seaver St. he and the occupants of the other car engaged in a verbal dispute. The victim reported that while he was engaged in the argument, the front passenger fired several shots at him through the open window striking his rear passenger door.

But it didn't end there. Police say the victim came across the car again on Walnut Avenue - and again got shot at.

The victim reported that he again fled the area and again encountered the suspect motor vehicle again while he was on Washington St. heading toward Columbia Road. This time, the victim attempted to catch up to the suspect motor vehicle to get a license plate but the suspect motor vehicle took off at a high rate of speed. The victim followed the suspect’s car to Lawrence Ave. in an attempt to get the plate but was again shot at by the suspects when their car came to a stop and the victim had nowhere to go. Luckily, the victim was not struck and was able to get the suspect car’s plate number.

Police say armed with this information, officers began a search, even as a witness was attempting to detain them - unsucessfully - at a Mobil station on Southampton Street, where police say the two tossed their gun. Police say officers finally found the two alleged gunmen and their car parked in front of the South Bay Target, with "spent shell casings in plain view inside the car."

Antonio Vasquez, 25, of Roxbury and Joel R. Martinez, 19, of Roslindale were both arrested and charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm, possession of a large-capacity firearm, being an armed career criminal and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. Vazquez was also charged with a slew of driving violations, including driving with a suspended license.

Innocent, etc.