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Two arrested in shooting incident outside Medford pizza shop near Tufts University

No one was injured in the shooting

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A man can be seen in surveillance footage firing a gun outside a Medford pizza shop, sending a crowd of people scattering.

Two people have now been arrested in connection with a shooting outside a pizza shop in Medford on Nov. 1.

Medford police said on Nov. 5 that 16-year-old Somerville resident faces several charges in juvenile court, including assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a firearm with ammunition, possession of ammunition, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building and attempted assault by discharge of a firearm.

A second suspect, 18-year-old Sinai Stephens, of Cambridge, was taken into custody by police on Nov. 12. He is charged with assault and battery with a firearm, assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building.

Surveillance video captured the terrifying incident playing out around 1 a.m. Friday outside Pizza Days, just down the street from Tufts University. The footage showed a large group of people in the parking lot, with one person seen drawing a gun from his waistband and firing it. The crowd quickly fled.

Two police cruisers were parked in the lot at the time. An officer could be seen pulling out a gun, but the gunman got away.

Medford police said their investigation determined that two people fired multiple shots at a victim during an altercation outside the pizza shop.

No injuries were reported.

Officers found a gun, along with several shell casings, at the scene. They reported hearing about eight gunshots in all.

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