SOMERVILLE — On Monday, June 14, 2024, at approximately 11:23 p.m., Officer Alex Lorenti of the Somerville Police Department responded to a residence on Fennell Street, following a report from an individual who said that someone fired two rounds into his window.
In addition to Officer Lorenti, all of the Somerville Police Departments units responded to the scene as well as detective units.
(The account and quotations in this article were sourced from a summary of the incident written by Officer Lorenti in Somerville Police Department’s weekly arrest log and do not reflect any political or personal opinion of News Link Live, which is strictly a business entity.)
When he arrived on scene, Officer Lorenti was met with Officer Thompson.
“While I started to speak with him about what was going on, we heard Detective Collazo say, there are two people in a motor vehicle located behind Trum Field on Franey Road,” Officer Lorenti said. “Detective [Ariel] Collazo, Officer Thompson, Officer [Roger] Desrochers, and I made our way to speak with the parties in the motor vehicle.”
Detective Collazo and Officer Desrochers approached the vehicle and asked the occupants if they had heard anything.
“Both parties stated that they had observed a young male wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt with jeans and a ski mask walk by them,” Officer Lorenti said. “Moments later, they heard loud bangs. The driver stated to Detective Collazo that once he heard the loud bangs, he drove around to the front of Trum Field where he observed the same male party walking fast on Broadway and Cedar Street, which is the next block over from where the shots had occurred. Detective Collazo stayed behind to get the parties information.”
Once Officers Lorenti and Thompson heard the description of the suspect, they decided to canvas the area together.
While walking back to their respective cruisers, the officers were informed by Officer Daniel Haley that the victim was “having issues” with several individuals living in the North Street Projects due to a conflict involving his sister. Officer Haley had received text messages from the victim that had been sent by one of these individuals.
“Officer Thompson and I started traveling westbound on Broadway which is the direction the witnesses stated the suspect was traveling,” Officer Lorenti said.
Once the officers reached the Powderhouse rotary, Officer Thomspon drove westbound on Powderhouse Boulevard, while Officer Lorenti continued westbound on Broadway.
“Officer Thompson stated to me that he was going to double back on Powderhouse Boulevard the same way he drove to North Street,” Officer Lorenti said. “I stated to him that I was going to drive back the same way on Broadway, however I was going to search Holland Street and Officer Thompson would search Collage Avenue.”
While driving east on Holland Street, Officer Lorenti observed a male matching the description walking westbound in front of 167 Holland Street.
“I informed Officer Thompson that I had just driven by a party matching the description given earlier by the two parties earlier,” Officer Lorenti said. “I told Officer Thompson he was wearing a black t-shirt, jeans, and that he had either a black shirt or a black bag over his shoulder.”
“Officer Thompson met me on Holland Street where I had turned around to drive back westbound,” Officer Lorenti said. “Once in front of 167 Holland Street, we did not see the male party any longer. Officer Thompson believed the male party had cut through Lou Ann David Park, to which we searched that area to no avail. Officer Thompson and I headed back to the intersection of Broadway and Holland Street where I observed the male on the opposite side of the street from where I first had observed him. He was in front of Rudy’s Café (248 Holland Street).”
At this point, Officer Lorenti decided to stop the suspect.
“I drove to the male party’s location which was now at the intersection of Broadway and Clarendon Avenue,” Officer Lorenti said. “I made contact with the male party as I pulled up to him. I ordered him to stop to which he replied ‘Nah nah nah.’ I again ordered him to stop, to which he started walking in a fast pace away from me as I exited my marked police cruiser.”
Officer Thompson drove ahead of both Officer Lorenti and the suspect, positioning his cruiser directly in front of the suspect.
“The male party saw Officer Thompson and turned back at me,” Officer Lorenti said. “I then ordered him to put his hands up. At first, he did not comply. I then repeated my commands to put his hands up, to which he complied. As Officer Thompson and I approached the male party with his hands up, he stated out loud, ‘I’m going to jail, can I just hit my vape one more time?’ I conducted a pat frisk of the male party, where I immediately felt what I believed to be a firearm, located in his front right pocket.”
Officer Lorenti told Officer Thompson that he found a gun in the pocket of the suspect, who subsequently identified as Sebastian Lapage.
According to police, Sebastian N. Lapage, 25, is a resident of 34C North Street 37 in Somerville.
Officer Thompson placed Lapage into custody, while Officer Lorenti walked the firearm to his cruiser where he ejected the magazine from, which contained one round of 9mm ammunition, from the chamber of the gun.
Officer Thompson read Lepage his Miranda Rights.
“I then asked him where he was coming from,” Officer Lorenti said. “He stated Davis Square. I then asked him what the issue he had with [the victim] was. Lepage smiled, looked down to the ground and stated there was no issue with him. Officer Thompson asked Lepage if he had an issue with [the victim’s] sister, to which he replied he didn’t know anything about his sister. While asking those two questions, Lepage asked if he could text someone. I told him not at this time, however, Lepage’s phone, which was located on the stairs directly to his left, was continuously lighting up. Officer Thompson observed the name ‘[name redacted]’ on the screen. Officer Thompson asked Lepage if it was [name redacted] who is known to him. Lepage just laughed. Lepage went on to say that [name redacted] hasn’t been around for about a week.”
Officer Salvatore Fusco arrived on scene. He queried the firearm from the laptop in his cruiser and found out it was a Glock 43X.
“The results of the query showed that the firearm in question was reported stolen out of Reading MA on May 14, 2024,” Officer Lorenti said.
Lapage was transported to the Somerville Police Station where he was booked on the following charges:
- Carrying a firearm without license
- Firearm, carry with ammunition
- Ammunition, possess without FID card
- Receive stolen property +$1,200
- Firearm with defaced number, receive
