At approximately 9:11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, officers from District B-3 (Mattapan) and B-2 (Roxbury) responded to a radio transmission for an officer in trouble in the area of Devon Street and Laredo Street in Dorchester.

Prior to the arrival of additional units, officers in the area broadcast over the radio that they were engaged in a foot pursuit following a subject stop at Devon Street and Laredo Street. The officers further broadcast that the suspect had discharged a firearm in their direction. The suspect was described as wearing a light blue sweatshirt and was last seen fleeing on foot down Devon Street toward Normandy Street, cutting through backyards between Devon Street and Stanwood Street.

Officers from multiple districts responded to canvass the area. Officers located a suspect matching the description in the area of Stanwood Street. The suspect attempted to flee on foot, jumping fences and ignoring commands to stop, before continuing toward Blue Hill Avenue through the rear of residences along Stanwood Street. Officers apprehended the suspect in the rear of 8 Stanwood Street, where he was safely placed into custody.

The suspect was identified as Rasiel Joel Carbuccia, 20, of Jamaica Plain.

Following the apprehension, officers conducted a welfare check on both officers involved in the initial confrontation to ensure neither had sustained injuries. Both officers were subsequently transported to an area hospital for further evaluation.

Officers then secured a crime scene spanning from Devon Street and Laredo Street to Blue Hill Avenue and conducted a canvass for evidence along the suspect’s flight path. During that canvass, officers recovered a discarded firearm in the rear of 71 Devon Street, directly within the suspect’s path of flight. Officers also recovered a projectile in the roadway at Devon Street and Laredo Street and identified ballistic damage to the windshield of a Boston Police Cruiser.

The recovered firearm was determined to be a ghost gun bearing no serial number. It contained one spent shell casing lodged in the chamber and 16 live rounds within a large-capacity magazine. The firearm was processed by District B-3 detectives and secured at the district.

A record inquiry revealed Carbuccia was the subject of an active warrant out of Roxbury District Court for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.

He is expected to be charged in Dorchester District Court with the following offenses:

• Carrying a Firearm Without a License
• Carrying a Loaded Firearm Without a License
• Possession of Ammunition Without an FID Card
• Discharging a Firearm Within 500 Feet of a Building
• Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (two counts)
• Possession of a Large Capacity Firearm
• Possession of a Covert or Undetectable Firearm
• Trespassing