Winthrop man charged with Dorchester shooting

Boston Police report arresting a Winthrop man on charges he got out of a car Monday afternoon and fired into a group of people, sending one to the hospital with injuries not considered life threatening.

Police also arrested the man they say drove the shooter to Bishop Joe L. Smith Way around 12:45 p.m. According to police:

A suspect wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants exited the passenger side of an older model red sedan, hunch down, then fire multiple shots into a group of people before reentering the vehicle and fleeing. Officers and detectives were able to track the vehicle back to an address on Cunningham Street, where both the operator and the passenger were observed exiting the vehicle and entering a residence. Several hours later, officers were able to conduct a motor vehicle stop of both the operator and passenger, as well as three additional males, in a gray motor vehicle in the area of Dudley and East Cottage Streets. Officers ordered all five occupants, including the operator, 26-year-old Jamaal Reese of Marblehead, and the backseat passenger, 26-year-old Tre A. Lankford of Winthrop, out of the car, and as a result of further investigation, officers were able to secure both the red sedan and the residence on Cunningham Street and obtain a search warrant.

Upon receiving and executing the search warrants, officers recovered two firearms and a bag of loose ammunition.

Lankford was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. Both he and Reese face additional firearms charges, police say.

Innocent, etc.