Shots Fired, Teen Arrested In The Port

CAMBRIDGE, MA —The Cambridge Police arrested a 19-year-old woman following reports of shots fired late Wednesday night near Washington Elms and Harvard Street.

This is the fifth reported gunshot incident in the Port/Wellington-Harrington area in a little more than a month and the second in the last day. Also last night a clerk at a Shell Station was sent to the hospital after he was shot.

Following a ShotSpotter activation and 911 calls reporting gunshots, Cambridge Police responded to the Washington Elms parking lot on Harvard Street last night around 11:53 p.m.

Witnesses told police a large group was fighting just 30 minutes earlier. Then two cars were seen leaving the parking lot after the shots were fired.

There are no reported injuries or victims. Two empty cars parked in the lot were damaged by bullets, and police found shell casings nearby.

Several people were stopped and questioned, one of whom was Abigail Riskey, 19, of Columbia Street. Police asked Riskey to remove items from her purse to make sure she didn't have any weapons. But police found a box with a pictured handgun and bullets on the cover wrapped in a cloth. Inside the box were a number of rounds of 9MM ammunition, police said. Riskey was arrested and charged with possession of ammunition without an FID card.

The city had already scheduled a community meeting with Mayor Marc McGovern, City Manager Louis DePasquale and CPD tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pisani Center, at 131 Washington St., to discuss the recent uptick in gun activity

Police are asking anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300.

The Cambridge Police said they will have an increased presence in the area as the investigation into this incident is ongoing.

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