REVERE, MASS. (WHDH) - Revere Beach reopened on Monday after State police were forced to shut it down the night before, following separate shootings that left several people wounded, officials said.
Troopers responding to a reported shooting at 123 Centennial Ave. around 7 p.m. on Sunday found a 17-year-old girl who had suffered a gunshot wound to her lower body, according to state police. She was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.
A preliminary investigation suggests the girl was wounded while shots were being fired into a group of people during a fight and she was not the intended target.
Then, around 8 p.m., two victims were wounded in another shooting in the area of the bathhouse across from 63 Revere Beach Boulevard. A 51-year-old woman suffered gunshot wounds to her legs and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and a 17-year-old boy who was grazed by a gunshot declined to go to the hospital.
Several juveniles were detained and were being interviewed as of Sunday night, but no one has been charged in connection with the shootings, state police said.
In an update on Monday morning, an MSP spokesperson said a juvenile male “who came to investigators’ attention following the second shooting” was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm, but that the investigation was ongoing to determine if he was involved.
“At this time, there is no evidence that suggests the two shootings were related,” state police spokesman David Procopio said in a statement.
Anyone who may have information or witnessed either shootings on Sunday is asked to contact the State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County (SPDU) at 617-727-8817.
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