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Officers shot at during Dorchester traffic stop, police say, prompting outcry from union 27%
By Samantha Genzer10%
7/16/2026, 11:01:01 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Anchoring Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 18.1% saturation with 91 hits. Analysis detected 456 faulty-reasoning hits from 503 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 38% and a BS Rank of 27% (12,387 of 16,770 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 73.90% of the article peer group.
Two Boston police officers narrowly escaped injury Wednesday night after a man allegedly opened fire on them during a subject stop in Dorchester, police said.
Officers responded to a report of “an officer in trouble” near the intersection of Devon Street and Laredo Street around 9:10 p.m., the Boston Police Department said in a statement.
Police said the officers were conducting a stop when they questioned a man, who then fled on foot and allegedly fired a gun in their direction.
Authorities later found ballistic damage to the windshield of a Boston police cruiser, according to the department.
The suspect, identified by police as 20-year-old Rasiel Joel Carbuccia, of Jamaica Plain, allegedly ran down Devon Street toward Normandy Street, cutting through backyards as officers pursued him.
Authorities said Carbuccia was taken into custody near 8 Stanwood St. after allegedly attempting to flee again by climbing fences and ignoring officers’ commands.
The two officers were taken to local hospitals for evaluation, but did not suffer any physical injuries, police said.
In a statement, Police Commissioner Michael Cox praised the officers for their “immense bravery and professionalism” and said he was grateful they were able to return home safely.
“This incident serves as a stark reminder of the dangers our officers face every day to protect this community,” Cox said.
“To anyone who chooses to commit crime and attempts to inflict harm on our officers: we will find you, we will arrest you, and we will hold you fully accountable under the law.”
The shooting also drew a response from the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, which called on elected officials to condemn the attack.
“When criminals start shooting at police officers, everyone should be outraged and concerned,” the police union wrote on X.
“Police officers have a right to go home safe[ly] to their families.
They deserve to be protected.”
“Normalizing violence against our police officers puts everyone in peril,” the post concludes.
Carbuccia is charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possessing ammunition without an FID card, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, possessing a large capacity firearm, possessing a covert or undetachable firearm, possessing a large capacity feeding device, and trespassing, court records show.
Police also said a records check showed Carbuccia was wanted on an active Roxbury District Court warrant charging assault with a dangerous weapon.
Investigators recovered what police described as a ghost gun with no serial number, as well as a projectile along the suspect’s flight path.
The firearm contained one spent shell casing lodged in the chamber and a large-capacity magazine loaded with 16 live rounds, according to police.
Carbuccia pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday morning.
He was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for July 28, court records show.
Attorney information for Carbuccia was not immediately available Thursday evening.
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