Back in the day, kids used lanyards for keys or IDs

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man they say was wearing a loaded gun on a lanyard around his neck yesterday morning.

Police say gang-unit officers were on patrol around 10:35 a.m. on Quincy Street when they saw three guys they knew and went to have a little chat:

As officers were speaking to the men about recent gang violence in the area, they observed that one of them, Keyron Baskin-Whitfield, 19, of Dorchester, appeared to be nervous and looked as though he was attempting to conceal something under his sweatshirt. Officers performed a pat frisk and recovered a loaded Ruger Model P89 9mm handgun that was underneath the suspect's sweatshirt, tied to a lanyard that was hanging around his neck. The suspect was then placed in custody without incident.

Baskin-Whitfield was charged with illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm, possession of a large capacity feeding device and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

Innocent, etc.