Encore Boston Harbor Garage Gunfire Inquiry by Massachusetts Police Continues

Massachusetts State Police (MSP) today were investigating bullets fired in the Encore Beantown Harbor parking service department Wednesday night. No I was injured in the Everett, Mass. incident and no arrests were made.

Cops seized evidence from the garage. They did not item what they recovered, according to WHDH, a local TV station.

David Procopio, a State Police spokesman, told the Boston Globe, “Shortly before midnight, the State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit and MSP patrols from Troops type A and H responded to a report of shots fired inwards the casino’s garage area.

Evidence was located inward the garage,” Procopio added. “As of this time, we are non aware of any victims and no more arrests have got been made. But the investigation is currently ongoing.”

Prior Incidents at Encore

In January 2020, quadruplet Massachusetts Bay Colony residents were indicted inwards connectedness with a wild assault inward Oct 2020 at the Encore Hub of the Universe Harbor. One was a casino employee.

The victim was allegedly kicked and stomped inwards the head and trunk by deuce of the suspects spell the indicted trio were inward an elevator of the gaming property.

Matthew Haley, 27, of Cambridge, and Jose Mercado, 32, of Hub of the Universe were indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on a numeration of assault and battery past substance of a grievous weapon. William John Clifton Haley Jr. was also indicted on assault and battery.

An Encore employee, Brittany Dawson, 24, of Stoneham, was also indicted, as was Leilani Reyes, 20, of Somerville on a look of impeding a gaming investigation. Dawson was also indicted on performing as an supplement after the fact.

Haley allegedly punched the victim in the face, causation him to fall down to the flooring of the elevator, according to a statement from Old Colony Attorney General Maura Healey.

Haley and then allegedly repeatedly kicked and stomped on the man’s caput and body, with Mercado allegedly assaulting the victim, too. Reyes allegedly watched.

The employee, Dawson, allegedly held a door to the garage opened for the men to leakage from the lift bay, and then drove chisel them away from the casino, Healey added.

Crimes Follow Casino Opening

Since opening night in June 2019, the gambling casino has been the view of several crimes. Between June and November of that year, o'er 160 people reportedly were arrested or precondition a summons at the Encore Hub of the Universe Harbor, WCVB TV News reported in November.

Disorderly conduct, assault and battery, larceny, and cheating were among the to the highest degree mutual charges at the Encore. Arguments, fights, and motor vehicle accidents are among the to the highest degree haunt types of incidents which led to a police response, the TV station added.

Among the notable incidents was ane which involved multiple fights and rowdiness. Several people were arrested.