14-year-old boy arrested in Tewksbury for gun violence against mail carrier – Boston News, Weather, Sports

TEWKSBURY, MASS. (WHDH) – A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged Thursday for pointing a gun at a mail carrier in Tewksbury earlier this week, police said.

According to Tewksbury police, officers obtained a search warrant and arrested the Lowell teenager around 2 p.m. in connection with Tuesday's incident.

He was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, receiving stolen goods and possession of a firearm without a license.

On Tuesday, at around 11:04 a.m., police received a report that a person pointed a firearm at a U.S. Postal Service employee near 483 Shawsheen St.

When officers arrived, they saw a vehicle speeding down Whipple Road, police reported. Officers followed the vehicle to Tomahawk Drive, where the driver jumped out of the car and ran away.

SKY7-HD spotted a red sedan in the middle of the street.

The suspect, later identified as the 14-year-old boy, was last seen by a witness on Nightingale Lane, police said.

Authorities searched the area from the ground and from the air. A Tewksbury Police sniffer dog found a gun behind a house on Grasshopper Lane.

The boy was scheduled to be arraigned in Lowell Juvenile Court on Thursday.

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