Quincy Police arrest 2 people after man shot in face

QUINCY, Mass. — Quincy Police arrested two people Wednesday after a man was shot in the face.

Police were called to the apartment building at 40 Nelson Street around 2:30 p.m. for a reported disturbance.

When officers arrived, they found a 33-year-old man with a significant eye injury. He told officers he had been shot in the face.

Police said the suspect, later identified as 49-year-old Dennis Baker, went back into his apartment inside the building after opening fire.

Baker alluded to having a handgun, according to police. Officers eventually arrested him in his apartment.

Baker is charged with armed assault with intent to murder.

Officers also arrested Baker’s girlfriend, Cristina Miller, 34, of Peabody, and charged her with interfering with a police officer and obstructing justice.

Officers located a high-powered pellet gun in the grass below the window of Baker’s apartment.

The victim was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Police continue to investigate the shooting.

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