Police: Security guard arrested after he pistol whips suspect downtown, points gun at him

Boston Police report arresting a security guard after he allegedly pistol whipped a man, pointed a gun at him and then, when the man was down on the ground, began kicking him.

Police add that luckily for all concerned, the security guard, Andrew Pierre, 34, could not have actually shot the man because he'd loaded all the magazines in both the guns he was packing backwards.

Police say BPD and Transit officers responded to reports of a beating at Hamilton Place and Tremont Street around 8:05 p.m. Despite being pistol whipped and having a gun pointed at him, police say, the victim tried to escape down Tremont:

A police officer from the MBTA observed the commotion while patrolling in his cruiser and, believing he was assisting a police officer, ran toward the victim. The victim was compliant while the officer detained him. The officer instructed Pierre to handcuff the victim, but instead Pierre began to kick the victim. It was then that the MBTA officer realized Pierre was not a police officer giving lawful orders, but a security guard, and ordered Pierre to stand back.

After seizing Pierre's "loaded Smith & Wesson M&P .40 caliber from his holster and a loaded Ruger SR40 firearm from his pocket" both with magazines loaded backwards, a stun gun, an expandable baton, two canisters of pepper spray and a Sabre MK9 fogger, officers charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and assault with a dangerous weapon (firearm).

Police did not say where Pierre worked or what the victim did to spark his outbursts.

Innocent, etc.