Police: Shotgun-toting Mission Hill burglar foiled in getaway when jacket gets jammed in his bicycle wheel

Boston Police report arresting a shotgun-toting burglar they say got sloppy in his escape.

According to police, Andre Hopkins, 47, of Roxbury, broke into an apartment at 60 Wait St. on Mission Hill around 7:10 p.m. on Sunday, grabbed a laptop and other items, then pedaled furiously away on a blue bicycle. Not too long after, police say, officers spotted a man and bike matching a witness description at Shawmut Avenue and Dudley Street in Roxbury, going "at a high rate of speed."

Officers followed him for several blocks until "a winter jacket he was holding got caught in the rear wheel of the bike, causing it to come to a sudden stop."

Officers were able to place the suspect in custody after a brief struggle as the suspect repeatedly yelled, “What did I do? What did I do?” The officers were then able to recover a loaded Mossberg shotgun along with the stolen laptop and several other items that did not belong to the suspect. The suspect was positively identified for the breaking and entering and was transported from the scene without further incident. While at the booking desk, the suspect stated, “You ain’t gonna charge me with that gun are you? I found that. I took the other stuff but that gun wasn’t mine.”

Hopkins was charged with carrying a shotun in a public way, unlawful possession of ammuntion, breaking and entering, resisting arrest and trespassing, police say.

Innocent, etc.