Crime & Safety

Quincy Center Shooting: Two In Custody

Friday afternoon, at least one gunshot was reported near the Santander Bank on Hancock Street, according to scanner reports.

QUINCY, MA — Two people are in custody following a report of gunfire in Quincy Center.

At 1:51 p.m., police responded to a report of gunshots fired behind Santander Bank on Hancock Street. Witnesses told police that a shot was fired, striking a basement door at the nearby Masonic Temple and the suspects fled down Hancock Street.

Following a search for suspects on foot and with helicopters, police found two individuals who matched the description of the suspects on the second floor of a parking garage at 1250 Hancock St., police said. The first suspect, identified as 18-year-old Cory Kisakye of Randolph, was taken into custody at the garage. The second person, identified as a juvenile, jumped out of the garage and fled, police said. Subscribe to the Quincy Patch newsletter.

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Police found the second suspect after a caller reported a person running down Furnace Brook Parkway towards Newport Avenue.

Two guns were allegedly found in Kisakye's backpack during his arrest.

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Kisakye and the juvenile face multiple firearms charges and the juvenile was additionally charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He also had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, police said.

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