Police arrest alleged armed Fall River man wanted for involvement in city shooting after foot pursuit

A Fall River man was arrested today on gun charges after being wanted in a previous city shooting.

According to Sergeant Moses Pereira, detectives assigned to the Vice Intelligence and Gang unit were engaged in surveillance in the city’s South End. While performing surveillance, they observed 21-year-old Steven Redondo-Morales on foot in the area of Eagle Street.

Pereira stated that detectives exited their vehicle and identified themselves to Redondo-Morales, who then fled on foot in the opposite direction. During the foot pursuit, Redondo-Morales discarded an item which was later determined to be a magazine to a firearm. Shortly thereafter he was taken into custody in a neighboring yard. After securing Redondo-Morales in handcuffs, detectives observed a firearm on the ground in the immediate area. There was no magazine in the firearm at the time it was recovered. The firearm was identified as a DPI DP51 PARA 9mm pistol. It was determined that the magazine discarded during the pursuit, contained similar markings as the firearm recovered.

Redondo-Morales was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for his role in a shooting incident which occurred in the City of Fall River on November 11, 2022, at the intersection of Locust Street and Linden Street. During that incident, four rounds were fired. No injuries were reported.

In addition to the outstanding warrant, Redondo-Morales was charged with carrying a loaded firearm in public without a license to carry and carrying a large capacity firearm or feeding device.