A man accused of opening fire ata Caribbean festival parade in Boston in 2023 will face a judge on Tuesday after spending more than six months on the run as a fugitive.
Gerald Vick, 31, of Dorchester, is slated to appear in Suffolk Superior Court. He was arrested last month in Georgia and had been a wanted man since he allegedly removed his court-ordered electronic monitoring bracelet the night before his scheduled trial in December 2024.
Vick was scheduled to face charges of eight counts of assault and battery with a firearm, unlawful possession of a machine gun, unlawful possession of a firearm, and firearm use in the commission of a felony before he fled the Bay State, according to Boston police.
Six men and two women were injured in the shooting at the city’s J’ouvert Parade in the area of 15 Talbot Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. All of the victims suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds…