SPRINGFIELD, Mass.- A 29-year-old Springfield man was arrested Saturday evening in connection with a shooting on Fort Pleasant Avenue that left an adult male with serious but believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
Police responded at approximately 3:10 p.m. on July 25 to the 0-100 block of Fort Pleasant Avenue after a ShotSpotter activation. While investigating, officers learned that a gunshot victim had arrived at Baystate Medical Center.
Members of the Springfield Police Real-Time Analysis Center provided investigators with video of the incident, which helped officers identify Giovanni Cavallini as a suspect.
At approximately 6:15 p.m., officers arrested Cavallini on the 100 block of Carver Street in Springfield. Police said the investigation remains ongoing.
Cavallini has been charged with assault and battery with a firearm, malicious damage to a motor vehicle, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, violation of an abuse prevention order, and failure to surrender a license to carry firearms.
The victim’s injuries were described as serious but not believed to be life-threatening.
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