Hyde Park man indicted in shooting of officers
No one was hit in the incident
A Hyde Park man held in the attempted shooting of three Boston police officers on April 13 was indicted yesterday on nine charges stemming from the encounter, according to a statement from the Suffolk district attorney's office.
John Mentor, 23, was charged with three counts of armed assault with intent to murder and assault with a dangerous weapon, in addition to single counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm, according to District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office.
Mentor has been held on $500,000 cash bail since his arraignment April 14 in West Roxbury District Court.
Yesterday's indictment moves the case to Suffolk Superior Court, where a second arraignment will be scheduled within the next two weeks, according to Conley.
The incident unfolded near the corner of River Street and Gordon Avenue in Hyde Park when police from a drug control unit conducting surveillance noticed a green Honda Accord with three passengers and a revoked registration, Conley said in a statement. A marked police unit stopped the car.
As the uniformed officers and the drug control officers approached the vehicle, Mentor took out a revolver and opened fire from the back seat through an open window, Conley said. One of the officers returned fire. No one was hit, according to the district attorney.
Officers dove into the car and pulled Mentor from the back seat, before wrestling him to the ground.
Police quoted Mentor as saying, "I should have killed all three of you."
Mentor pleaded guilty in 2007 to a stabbing for which he was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in a house of correction, followed by probation, Conley said.
Mentor's attorney, Thomas Karp, could not be reached for comment last night.
