LYNN — A man arrested Thursday morning on Ocean Street by Boston and Lynn police was wanted in connection with an August shooting in Boston.
Boston Police Fugitive Unit members arrested Winston Cottrell at 107 Ocean St. on a warrant. He is scheduled, according to a Boston police statement, to be arraigned today in Dorchester District Court.
The arrest brought three Lynn police cruisers and a Boston cruiser to the quiet residential street a block from Lynn Shore Drive. Two Boston police cruisers were on Ocean Street Thursday night and police confirmed they obtained a warrant to search 107 Ocean and seized a firearm and a ballistic vest.
Boston police stated the shooting they sought Cottrell for occurred Aug. 18 on Orlando Street in Boston. They did not provide additional details.