And while that was the violence on Sunday night - there was a sense of foreboding from early in the day when a 12 year old boy was caught with a loaded 9mm pistol.
Sharp police officers on Freedom Street in the Port tLoyola area saw the shirtless youth acting suspiciously and when they tried to search him, he raced off on his bike.
The minor was apprehended, and the gun - which was cocked for action - was confiscated. But how could this boy have gotten a hold of such a weapon, and where was he taking it? The Officer commanding Eastern Divisions answered those questions today.
ACP Hilberto Romero, OC ED
"On Sunday police personnel were patrolling on Malcolm street when their attention was drawn to a male person with a knapsack who was riding a bicycle. Upon the male person seeing the police he threw the nap sack down and tried to flee from the area. He was pursued and the police apprehended him and brought him back to where the Knapsack was thrown upon inspection of the Knapsack police found a 9mm pistol along with 6 live rounds. The male person was taken into custody and brought to the station pending charges."
"He is a minor and we are getting the social department along with a Justice of the peace to conduct an interview to determine where he got this firearm."
Reporter-
"Have his parents been contacted?"
ACP Hilberto Romero, OC ED
"Yes his parents were contacted."
Reporter-
"Does the department believe that maybe he was on the way to commit a crime or anything like that or facilitate? Anything relating to what he was going to do with that gun?"
ACP Hilberto Romero, OC ED
"Yes that is the information we are getting he was taking the firearm to somebody."
