A teenager and a young man are in jail on charges of armed assault to murder and Massachusetts weapons charges after an innocent teenager was mistakenly targeted in what police are describing as a gang feud, the Herald News reported.
Police report that Nicky Lee, 17, of Randolph Avenue, and Sottarack Kyle Touch, 21, of Harrison Street, were arrested during the early stages of the investigation into the shooting of a 14-year-old boy in the area of 267 Fountain St. Both are being charged with armed assault to murder, carrying a firearm without a license, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building and possession of ammunition without a FID card. Touch also faces charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and is wanted on outstanding warrants related to liquor, drug and larceny offenses.
Arrest warrants have been issued for an 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old male teenager.
Officers responding to the scene about 5:30 p.m. found a teeanger with a bullet wound to the right side of the chest. The teen was lasted listed in stable condition in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence.
Police believe a 17-year-old friend of the victim was the intended target of gang violence between the Bloods and the Crips.
Neighborhood residents reported seeing a maroon Hyundai in the Rock Street neighborhood earlier in the day; police traced it to a Roosevelt Avenue address in Somerset. At that address, Sonny Lee, 21, of Eagle Street, was charged with breaking and entering, trespass and giving police a false name. He was ordered held pending a hearing to determine if his arrest violates the terms of his probation on an earlier charge.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts State Police pulled the Hyundai over several blocks away and arrested Lee and Touch. Police report finding a Bersa .380 caliber gun in the car, believed to be the weapon used in the shooting.
Lee and Touch were arraigned in court and will return to court on May 26 to face a dangerousness hearing.
Fall River Criminal Defense Attorney Michael DelSignore represents clients facing gun charges, assault charges and other serious felony charges in Fall River and the surrounding areas, including Freetown, Somerset, Swansea and Westport.
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