Arrests made in shooting of police officer

Shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday at West Springfield Street between Shawmut Avenue and Washington Street a Boston Police officer was shot.

One suspect for the shooting of the gang-unit officer was quickly arrested. The second holed up at 89 West Springfield St. After SWAT officers surrounded the building, he surrendered peacefully shortly after 3:20 p.m.

Boston Police report Requon Martin, 21, of Boston, and Antoine Mack, 35, of Pawtucket, RI, were arrested on charges of armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawful possession of a loaded firearm and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building.

Police did not say which suspect was arrested first and which surrendered only after the building was surrounded by SWAT team members. Both are scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in Boston Municipal Court.

Roxbury shooting suspect sent to Bridgewater for evaluation after police say they found an arsenal in his apartment

Ismail Abdurrashid-McCullum, 50, was ordered sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for 20 days for observation at his arraignment today on charges he shot a man on Shawmut Avenue early Monday, September 24, with what police now say was only one of several weapons he kept at his apartment and in his car.

Abdurashid-McCallum was originally arrested on charges of assault with intent to murder, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.

But Suffolk County prosecutors added additional charges - ten counts of improper storage of a firearm, nine counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, two counts of unlawful possession of a large-capacity feeding device, and one count of unlawful possession of a sawed-off shotgun - after police obtained search warrants for his 95 Munroe St. apartment and car that they say turned up "six revolvers, two semi-automatic pistols, a sawed-off shotgun, a bolt action rifle, a silencer, shotgun ammunition, rifle ammunition, pistol ammunition, as well as an empty pistol holster" in his apartment and an additional pistol, holster and rifle ammunition in his car.