SPD FIU Detectives Seize Firearm from Juvenile Thursday Night
Springfield, Mass. — On Thursday May 5th at approximately 7:00 p.m. members of the Springfield Police Department’s Firearms Investigation Unit (FIU) seized a loaded firearm and arrested a 15 -year-old on the 400 block of Walnut Street.
On Thursday FIU Detectives received information that a juvenile suspect was currently in possession of a firearm in a parking lot on the 400 block of Walnut Street. Detectives approached a group of four individuals including the suspect. The suspect, 15-year-old male, was detained. Detectives recovered a firearm from inside a chest pack he was wearing and placed the juvenile under arrest.
Due to his age no further information will be released.