A teenager was arrested over the weekend in connection with a shooting that happened in Worcester on Dec. 23, authorities said.
Police initially responded to a ShotSpotter activation on Mt. Vernon Street around 6:20 p.m., the Worcester Police Department said. Afterward, police were told that a 25-year-old man with a gunshot wound arrived at an area hospital.
After an investigation by detectives, police said they developed probable cause for the arrest of a 14-year-old boy.
The teenager was arrested and charged on Dec. 28 with armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (firearm), carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.
