SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A suspect was arrested in connection with a shooting spree on Dunmoreland St in Springfield.
Three people recovering after shooting on Dunmoreland Street in Springfield According to the Springfield Police Department, at around 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 29th officers were called to the 0-100 block of Dunmoreland St. for multiple ShotSpotter activations. When officers arrived, they found two gunshot victims and a third person who had already been brought to Mercy Medical Center. The victims are all expected to be okay.
Police found five vehicles and two homes were also struck by gunfire. One of the victims involved was arrested after being brought to Baystate Medical Center.
On Tuesday, Detectives were granted an arrest warrant for a second shooting suspect, 29-year-old David Beadle of Springfield. Officers found Beadle on Brandon Avenue and saw him drive away in a vehicle. Beadle was arrested at around 2:50 p.m. during a traffic stop on the 200 block of Hancock Street and charged with the following:
- Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended License
- Arrest Warrant
- Carrying a Loaded Firearm without a License
- Discharging a Firearm within 500 feet of a Building
- Assault & Battery with a Firearm (Three Counts)
- Carrying a Firearm without a License
- Attempted Assault & Battery with a Firearm (Two Counts)
- Vandalize Property (Two Counts)
- Malicious Damage to a Motor Vehicle (Five Counts)
- Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm
Beadle was released on the condition that he must wear a GPS ankle bracelet which he was wearing when he was arrested. Beadle also has numerous felony convictions.
Beadle has numerous felony convictions and was wearing a GPS ankle bracelet from a firearms case in Hampden Superior Court.
Superintendent Lawrence E. Akers stated, “I’d like to thank our Detective Bureau under the direction of Trent Duda for their diligent work in this investigation and our FIU under the direction of Brian Keenan for their professionalism they continue to exhibit while taking another dangerous subject into custody. There was a teenage girl and a mother shot. Thank God they’re going to be okay. Several cars and houses struck. Tragedy averted but at what cost? This is senseless violence that stems from too many bad actors with illegal guns, and it truly impacts our community. There is no one solution to this epidemic of gun violence, but I know if we all work together, we can make our city safer and make these young men think twice before pulling the trigger.”
Mayor Domenic J. Sarno states, “Here we go again, I am once again outraged that some of our judges and court system continue to not hold gun-toting violent offenders accountable. Instead, they empower and embolden them to go out and commit more hideous crimes against my residents. Again, the missing link here is judicial. We have a revolving door of repeat, violent, gun-toting offenders who are not being held as they should. These terrible crimes could be prevented. I continued to question what it would take for our court system to take action and protect our community. I urge, again, for some of our judges and court system; #1, to hold and keep these repeat violent gun-toting offenders off our streets and out of our neighborhoods and schools, and #2, to our state Legislature to pass my Bail Reform legislation, thankfully sponsored and re-filed by state Representative Angelo J. Puppolo.”
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