A Boston man is accused of trying to kill someone during a Monday night shooting near a gas station in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, according to police.
Tuan Trieu, 53, is facing two counts of armed assault with intent to murder and one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm — third offense, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and three other firearms charges, Boston police said in a Tuesday press release.
Officers responded to 1707 Dorchester Ave. — the address for Gibbs Gas — shortly before 8 p.m. on Sept. 9 after receiving multiple reports of gunfire nearby, police said. Witnesses told them that the suspect — who was later identified as Trieu — shot at the victim multiple times and then fled the scene in a car.
Officers broadcasted a description of Trieu and the car he was driving, and it was soon spotted traveling at “a high rate of speed” down Dorchester Avenue, police said. Nearby officers then activated their emergency lights, pulled the car over and arrested Trieu.
While canvassing his flight path, officers discovered a discarded handgun that turned out to be a “ghost gun,” police said. Ghost guns are homemade, untraceable and lack serial numbers because they are created by assembling separately-purchased parts, according to CBS News.
Trieu pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment in Dorchester District Court on Tuesday, according to court records. The judge ordered him held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on Friday.
Boston police did not provide any information about the victim or a motive in the shooting. No further information has been released.
