BOSTON, Mass.- A 21-year-old Boston man was arrested Friday, May 22, 2026, in connection with a shooting earlier this month in Dorchester that left one person injured.
The shooting occurred near 25 Dacia Street at about 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, when officers responded to a report of a person shot. ShotSpotter technology detected multiple rounds fired across two nearby locations.
Responding officers observed ballistic damage to multiple residences on Dacia Street, along with damage to a parked vehicle. Investigators also located numerous shell casings and other evidence indicating a shooting had occurred.
Police later learned that a gunshot victim had been transported to a local hospital, where the individual was treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
According to investigators, detectives reviewed surveillance footage, executed search warrants on a suspect vehicle and a Huntington Avenue residence, and processed physical evidence during the investigation. Authorities identified Chivaugn Nettles, 21, of Boston, as the suspect.
The suspect was arrested without incident at a Huntington Avenue residence by members of a police fugitive unit and transported for booking.
He is expected to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court on charges including unlawful possession of a firearm, second offense; carrying a loaded firearm without a license, second offense; assault and battery by discharge of a firearm; two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon; discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building; and unlawful possession of ammunition, subsequent offense.
