VIDEO OF THE AFTERMATH Police were called to the McDonalds on Haverhill Street in Methuen for a call of shots fired late Monday evening. When police arrived they found a man with three gun shot wounds. Sources say that a couple pulled into the parking lot of McDonalds to sell two car doors they had listed […]
Details were fuzzy as to how many people were hit by gunfire on Basswood in Lawrence Friday night. Lawrence police and Massachusetts State Police cordoned off the street and found at least 6 shell casings. Police originally said there were two shooting victims at the Lawrence General Hospital, but officers later questioned if the second […]
August 16, 2018 Lawrence Police were called to Prospect and Fulton Street shortly before midnight for a call of “shots fired”. When Police arrived at the scene they found a shell casing and live round both on the street at the intersection. Witnesses told police a man was talking to another man in a car […]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ThMrcGn-8o&feature=youtu.be&H=380&w=280] 8-9-18 BREAKING…. A 20 year old man was shot three times in the chest on East Haverhill and Berkeley St. in Lawrence late Thursday afternoon. He is identified as Emel Duran and goes by Alpo Traplord on the streets. The man was initially expected to live when he was transported to Lawrence General and sent […]
STATE POLICE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THIS CASE – CLICK HERE FOR FOLLOW UP STORY August, 8, 2018 Lawrence Police responded to a call for “shots fired” on Kingston St. in South Lawrence around 2:30pm Wednesday afternoon. The Valley Patriot was on the scene minutes later as police talked to witnesses, scoured the area, and […]
Methuen police are investigating a shooting on Tenney St. near the park. The shooting took place at approximately 5:14pm Tuesday. A caller described a white Honda Civic with Massachusetts Registration 1MGB31 pull up in front of the park. The driver and passenger got out of the vehicle and fired unknown type firearms towards the park. […]
July 28, 2018 It’s been a historically peaceful summer in Lawrence with violent crime down nearly 50% and murders (so far) this year down by 2/3. Since the beginning of the year Lawrence residents have enjoyed safer neighborhoods and a better business environment for local merchants. The current murder count in Lawrence is three. […]
Earlier this month, newly appointed Lawrence Police Chief Roy Vasque appeared on the Paying Attention Podcast with Tom Duggan. (You can download it on Spotify, iHeartRadio, iTunes etc.) We asked the chief how he is changing the way the police in Lawrence do their jobs. “I think that the department is energized right now, it’s up […]
By: Tom Duggan – May 1, 2018 A 23 year old man (who was originally identified as 25) was shot to death late Tuesday night at 550 Broadway in the parking lot of an apartment building. The man was identified this morning as Victor Pena of Bunker Hill Street in Lawrence. He […]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCjpwZ7auzg&feature=youtu.be&h=380&w=280] By: Tom Duggan – 3-20-18 Two men were show Tuesday afternoon at Brook and Union Streets in Lawrence after a fight broke out early in the afternoon. Valley Patriot sources say one man was shot in the neck and was trasnsported to the Lawrence General Hospital. Shortly after the incident, a second shooting victim […]
By: Tom Duggan – Jan. 13, 2018 |8:10pm Lawrence police were called to Willow Street early Saturday night after another drive by shooting at the same house as a drive by shooting last week. Police report that the home had several bullet holes outside and inside the apartment building. Bullet holes were found in both […]
Lawrence Police tackled their last murder of 2017 just a few short hours before the start of the new year. Witnesses told Lawrence Police that someone was shooting out the windows of a minivan on Reservoir Street near Hilltop Ave on the outskirts of the Bellivue Cemetery shortly after 9pm. When police arrived they found a […]
Tom Duggan – 10-23-17 Another busy night for Lawrence police as the epidemic of shootings and gang violence had all patrol cars in the city tied up for hours. Police responding to a terrible car accident on South Union Street discovered the man behind the wheel of the car had at least one bullet hole […]
By: Tom Duggan -Sept.1 2017 Witnesses told The Valley Patriot that a man with a black hat walked up to a gray Honda on Whitman Street in Lawrence and pumped 10 bullets into the UNoccupied car before fleeing down lead Street. Lawrence police were less than a minute away as they blocked off the […]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrz5J6UpXTA&feature=youtu.be&h=280&w=380] 6-12-17| 2am PHOTOS: Valley Patriot News Spotter Reinaldo Troya (c) Valley Patriot Lawrence Police were called to the Dubai Nightclub on Jackson Street for calls of shots fired inside the nightclub. Police found 35 shell casings in what one officer called “quite the shootout” near last call early Monday morning. One shooting victim was hit […]