The Herald reports [2] the man arrested yesterday on gun charges after police found a woman shot in the head [3] in Dorchester is a city street worker who is supposed to steer kids away from violence and the son of a prominent local minister active in anti-violence work. Father claims shooting was just an accident when son was cleaning his gun but that, yeah, the gun is illegal, the Herald reports.
On Jan. 14, another street worker, employed by a Boston Foundation program, was arrested [3] on a charge of illegal possession of a firearm, along with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and hiring a woman for sex.