Leominster man held on $30,000 bail on illegal ammunition charge related to Monday shooting incident in which houses struck

BOSTON, October 25, 2022 — A Leominster man was ordered held on $30,000 bail today in connection with a Monday shooting incident in which bullets hit houses on Quincy and Trent streets in Dorchester, District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.

YULIAL CUELLO-REYNOSO, 31, is charged with one count of illegal possession of ammunition. Judge Richard A. Eustis in Dorchester BMC ordered Cuello-Reynoso held on $30,000 bail.  Cuello-Reynoso will return to court November 30 for a pre-trial hearing.

Assistant District Attorney Nicole Gemba said that on Monday at 2:28 pm officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation at Quincy and Trent streets in Dorchester. A homeowner on Trent Street told police that a bullet had come through a back bedroom window. Police found ballistic evidence in the room. A second homeowner, on Quincy Street, reported that a bullet had come through a front window.

Outside, officers found two bullets and a bullet fragment on top of a sewer cover at the corner of Quincy and Coleman streets. They also observed a Jeep with possible ballistic damage. A witness told police that a white pickup truck had fled the scene, and provided a description of the suspect. Officers nearby observed a motor vehicle fitting that description idling with its brake lights activated.  The driver, later identified as Cuello-Reynoso, fit the description provided by the witness. A frisk of the vehicle yielded both live and spent casings on the driver's side floor and in other areas of the vehicle.

 Detectives pulled security camera footage and were able to observe the white pickup truck driving from the scene.

“This was an extraordinarily dangerous situation in which no one, by immense luck, was struck and injured, or worse. This is the type of reckless conduct that imperils our community and our residents who, in this instance, were doing nothing more than dwelling in their homes in the middle of the day. It is outrageous behavior and it will be treated accordingly,” Hayden said.

James Borghesani, Chief of Communications