2 men charged in connection with double shooting at downtown Boston restaurant

Two men arrested in Fall River early Saturday morning are facing charges in connection with a double shooting at a restaurant in Boston’s Downtown Crossing, police said.

Boston police went a bar and grill known as Kingston Cuts, located at to 25 Kingston St., around 12:23 a.m. Saturday for a report of a person shot. The man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said in a statement.

While officers were at the hospital, a second man arrived at the emergency room with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police said.

Officers found ballistic evidence from inside the restaurant and identified two suspects based on a review of security cameras. Police broadcast a description of the two suspects, who were seen fleeing in a vehicle.

An officer followed the vehicle on security cameras and saw it stop on Edinboro Street where a passenger discarded what was later identified as a Glock 19 with no magazine and an obliterated serial number, police said. The vehicle was seen fleeing toward Interstate 93 south.

At around 4 a.m., Boston Police were notified by Massachusetts State Police that the suspects and vehicle had been stopped on Route 24 South in Fall River. The suspects, identified as Eliezer Quinones, 26, of Brattleboro, Vermont, and Jahleel Sanders-Williams, 28, of Lynn, were arrested. Their vehicle was taken to Boston Police headquarters.

Quinones and Sanders-Williams are each charged with one count of armed assault with intent to murder. Quinones faces an additional charge of aggravated assault and battery, while Sanders-Williams is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, second offense, and defacement of a firearm serial number.

Both men are expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court.