21-year-old Fall River man arrested on list of firearm charges after popular Boston festival

A Fall River man is facing a list of firearm charges after the conclusion of a festival.

According to police, at approximately 11:45 p.m., on Sunday, officers assigned to District B-3 (Mattapan) made an on-site arrest of Tavarys Bullock and recovered a loaded firearm in the area of Blue Hill Avenue and McLellan Street in Dorchester.

While on patrol due to the increasingly large groups of individuals congregating after the conclusion of the Dominican Festival, officers’ attention was drawn to a male who was grabbing his waistband as officers were trying to disperse the crowd and clear the road. Officers continued to watch the male, who appeared to be scanning the crowd looking for someone. Upon seeing the officers, the suspect fled on foot down McLellan Street. Officers pursued the suspect and observed him reach into his waistband and throw a firearm with his left hand over a fence on McLellan Street. Officers caught up to the suspect who was taken into custody.

The untraceable firearm was recovered on the opposite side of the fence on the property of the Berea Academy School and was determined to be a 9mm loaded with fourteen rounds of live ammunition.

Officers arrested 21-year-old Tavarys Bullock of Fall River was arraigned in Dorchester District Court on charges of Carrying a Loaded Firearm without a License, Carrying a Firearm without a License, Possession of a Large Capacity Firearm, Possession of Ammunition without an FID Card, and Receiving an Untraceable Firearm. Court records show that he pled not guilty and was held without bail pending a detention hearing on Wednesday.