A repeat illegal firearm user who was carrying an illegal gun during a fight outside a bar in New Bedford will serve five to seven years in state prison.
Detectives had information that the gun used in a Sunday night shooting on West Boulevard was thrown from the bridge by the suspect as he fled the area.
Early Friday afternoon, police received a call from a resident of the 700-block of Brock Avenue. The caller reported the accidental discharge of a weapon.
Attorney Kevin Reddington is once again representing a sitting Fall River Mayor in a criminal case. And Mayor Jasiel Correia is involved in both cases.
A hard-working cab driver in New Bedford, Massachusetts is alive today because he had a handgun and he knew how to use it when he was allegedly attacked.