She was held on $20,000 cash bail. The suspect who fired the shot, as best we can tell, immediately left the mall, Cohoon said at a news conference. "It is a concern, obviously, that we've had several incidents down here," Dubois said. Boston man admits to shooting teenager at South Shore Plaza, will spend 8 years in prison, Braintree mayor to meet with mall on security, Construction projects like Braintree's new middle school have a new financial watchdog. The sergeant said there were no good witnesses to the shooting, but investigators were looking at surveillance video. Caught: Norfolk County sheriff's office intercepts $14,000 worth of drugs coming into jail. The man charged with the shooting, Michael J. Spence, of Quincy, pleadedguilty inSeptember 2019 and was sentenced to five to six years at MCI-Cedar Junction followed by three years of probation. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. "And that we will be working directly with the South Shore Plaza, Simon Properties to come up with solutions to these problems.". Receive the latest news and breaking updates, straight from our newsroom to your inbox. Police say the suspect is not yet in custody. The next thing I know, I hear the cops saying, Get out of the way! Beasley was unarmed and shot at close range. "I've lived here my whole life. Two days later, it was announced that the victim, 26-year old Dijoun C. Beasley from Dorchester, It wasnt known if anyone involved was inside the mall prior to the shooting, Manson said. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. "We just all rushed to the exit, and someone said they saw someone with a gun. Thanks to our subscribers, who help make this coverage possible. Flint McColgan is the police and courts reporter for the Boston Herald. No one was injured in the 2017 incident, but in the 2020 one a teenage girl suffered non-life-threatening wounds when she caught a stray bullet. 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He previously worked covering politics in Pennsylvania and breaking news and government in North Dakota starting in 2012. State and Palm Beach news from a police report. The ongoing investigation is being led by the state police detective unit for Norfolk County and Braintree police. He said police are trying to determine if there is more than one person involved in the shooting. The Target store opened at its regular time of 7 a.m. Sunday, and the rest of the mall opened at noon. 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"We don't believe there's any further danger to the surrounding neighborhoods," Cohoon said during the first press conference that officials held at 5 p.m. During a second press conference later Saturday, the district attorney confirmed there was not an ongoing threat. There has never been an active shooting at a Braintree school, but officers have had reports of active shooters at apartment complexes, in private homes and at South Shore Plaza in recent years. A 26-year-old man who was shot Saturday afternoon at South Shore Plaza in Braintree remains in grave condition, Braintree police said. On July 3, 2020, a 15-year-old girl bystander was shot in the chest and hand at the mall. The man accused of shooting and killing another man at the South Shore Plaza mall in Braintree was arrested in Dorchester this morning after three and a half weeks in hiding, authorities say. His arraignment is expected to happen some time today in Quincy District Court. 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There was also gang-related gunfire inside the plaza in February of 2017. A murder arrest warrant has been issued. "The suspect, as best we can tell, immediately left the mall," said Cohoon. The South Shore Plaza in Braintree, Massachusetts, will reopen at noon on Sunday, one day after a man was critically injured in a shooting inside the shopping mall. The Kokoros said city and police officials will likely meet next week with the mall's property owners to discuss these issues, noting it's time for them to "step up and put a plan together. We should not have gunshots being fired while people are out shopping and enjoying a Saturday," Kokoros said. According to Braintree Deputy Chief Tim Cohoon, there was an "encounter" between two men inside a store on the first floor of the mall. The mall was closed for the remainder of the day. A male victim has been transported to a Boston hospital. Investigators haven't said how many times he was shot. There were also shootings at the South Shore Plaza in 2020 and 2017. Gang members exchanged gunfire in the Macys shoe department in 2017, and then a different pair got into a gunfight in July 2020. Julius Hammond-Desir, 19, of Maynard, is accused of killing Dijoun C. Beasley, 26, of Dorchester, who was shopping at the mall when he was shot around 3:30 p.m last Saturday. Norfolk County sheriff's office intercepts $14,000 worth of drugs coming into jail, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. South Shore Plaza, located about 12 miles south of Boston, was placed on lockdown and a shelter-in-place order was issued for surrounding neighborhoods. Cohoon added that the shooting "looked like a targeted event and didn't appear to be random at all.". #braintree #braintreemall pic.twitter.com/INJjDxmRYH The district attorney would not specify in which store the shooting happened, except that it was "not far from one of the parking garages.". Braintree Mayor Charles Kokoros described Saturdays incident as unacceptable and said the city would be working with Simon Properties, which owns the mall, to come up with better security, according to The Patriot Ledger. South Shore Plaza is committed to doing all that it can to provide a safe, pleasurable shopping experience for its customers, retailers and employees, the mall added. Authorities from surrounding communities were called to the scene to assist with the response. First published on January 22, 2022 / 9:59 PM. Follow Boston.com on Instagram (Opens in a New Tab), Follow Boston.com on Twitter (Opens in a New Tab), Like Boston.com on Facebook (Opens in a New Tab), New Hampshire man indicted on murder charge for fatal bar shooting in Manchester, Police: Reported Braintree home invasion may be related to online video games, 2 young men killed in related shootings identified. The South Shore Plaza in Braintree is boosting security measures with K-9 patrols, additional cameras and more in the wake of a deadly shooting in a store. The suspect in the deadly shooting Julius Hammond-Desir, 19, of Maynard remains at-large. Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey told reporters Saturday night that authorities were still determining whether more than one suspect may have been involved. Receive the latest news and breaking updates, straight from our newsroom to your inbox. "Walked out of the South Shore Plaza with Sam just in time to find out there was an active shooter where we were not five minutes before," one person posted to Twitter. The mall was evacuated, and those who had been sheltering in place inside were told it was safe to come outside. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Stay up to date on all the latest news from Boston.com. A 15-year-old girl standing nearby was shot in the hand and chest. Rick Sobey is a multimedia, general assignment reporter -- covering breaking news, politics and more across the region. The victim survived, and earlier this month the accused gunman, Jose Rodriguez, pleaded guilty to all the charges against him. Kokoros called the shooting, the second in as many years, "unacceptable.". The Norfolk District Attorneys Office alleges that Hammond-Desir fatally shot Beasley at an undisclosed store on the main floor of the mall around 3 p.m. last Saturday. "We don't know if it's a suspect or suspects, we're trying to sort that out," said Morrissey. "Wewill be working directly with the South Shore Plaza, Simon Properties to come up with solutions to these problems. 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Authorities have not made any arrests in the shooting. Hours later, police said the mall was cleared and that the scene was secured. South Shore Plazas CCTV system is connected to the police department and is now extended to Simons Operational Intelligence Center a centralized security monitoring intelligence center manned by 120 personnel. I just dropped my products and started running out with the masses," said Keri Maceus, who was inside the mall at the time of the shooting. Braintree police are still investigating what authorities described as a targeted shooting at South Shore Plaza on Saturday afternoon that left a 26-year-old man in grave Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Braintree police at (781) 794-8620 or Massachusetts State Police at (781) 830-4990. They were quickly joined by other units, police said, and civilian EMTs who were firefighters helped render first aid to the victim until more first responders arrived. I didnt think I would ever experience something like this, a woman added. (AP) Police are investigating a brazen daytime shooting that sent shoppers fleeing from the South Shore Plaza in Braintree. Dijoun Beasley, 26, of Dorchester, was shot in the head near the Forever 21 store amid Saturday afternoon shoppers. Thanks to our subscribers, who help make this coverage possible. The Norfolk District Attorney's Braintree Police Chief Mark Dubois said mall security will be reevaluated following this incident, noting that Braintree officers are assigned to the plaza seven days a week. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. "This is unacceptable, and we will be working with the South Shore Plaza assignment properties to come up solutions to these problems," said Braintree Mayor Charles C. Kokoros. He died a couple of days later. A pair of men were arrested last week after police say they targeted shoppers leaving the Royal Poinciana Plaza. In July 2020, a man fired a gun six times inside the mall, hitting a 15-year-old girl. The fatal Emergency personnel found the victim -- identified only as a 26-year-old Boston resident -- on the ground with at least one apparent gunshot wound. BRAINTREE, MA A person was shot at the South Shore Plaza Saturday, according to police. We should not have gunshots being fired while people are out shopping and enjoying a Saturday.. All rights reserved (About Us). BRAINTREE, Mass. Authorities said they suspected Julius Hammond-Desir, 19, of Maynard, for the Jan. 22 shooting at an unidentified store in the mall and named him on Jan. 28 as they sought the publics help in locating him. Rodriguez fled the mall on foot, but was tracked by a police K-9 team and arrested on Granite Street a short distance from the mall. Nathaniel Percy has worked for the Southern California News Group since 2014 covering a wide range of topics including community sports and cities in Orange County, as well as crime and public safety in the South Bay and Long Beach. We all just waited outside and ran toward the outside, and I just kept walking with the crowd. "It's a place that people should be able to go and shop safely, and we should not have gunshots being fired while people are out shopping and enjoying their Saturday.".