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The incident was reported Monday, July 12 in Hampden County.
The Springfield Police Department received the report at approximately 1:30 p.m. from a person who said she had been shot by a paintball gun while walking along Breckwood Boulevard by a shooter in a moving pick-up truck.
Minutes later, a second victim reported being shot by a paintball gun while going for a run on Plumtree Road in a pick-up truck that matched the description of the initial shooting.
According to police, investigating officers were able to track down the suspected pick-up truck, which was stopped on the 1300 block of Allen Street.
The driver, Springfield resident John Sosa, was allegedly driving the pick-up truck with a suspended license, while the passenger, Jaime Negron-Hernandez, also of Springfield, was found sitting on a loaded gun.
Police noted that a loaded paintball gun was also recovered in the backseat of the truck, and $6,000 in cash was seized from the center console of the vehicle.
Negron-Hernandez, age 26, was charged with:
- Carrying a loaded firearm without a license;
- Carrying a firearm without a license;
- Possession of a firearm without an FID card;
- Possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony;
- Possession of ammunition without an FID card;
- Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Officials noted that Negron-Hernandez is currently on federal probation for previous weapons charges.
Sosa, age 23, was charged with:
- Operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license;
- Two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
No return court date for either Negron-Hernandez or Sosa has been announced.
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