An East Boston man is facing several firearm charges after Boston Police say officers recovered a loaded handgun capable of automatic fire during an early-morning traffic stop in Dorchester.
Police said officers were in the area for an earlier report of a person with a gun when they spotted a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on Washington Street. Officers also noticed that the vehicle had heavily tinted windows.
Officers stopped the vehicle near Dorchester Avenue and Van Winkle Street and ordered 25-year-old Takhari Walter Robinson out of the car. Police said they subsequently found a firearm underneath the driver’s seat…