NH man arrested in Mattapan after allegedly pointing airsoft rifle at driver, others

A 50-year-old man was arrested in Mattapan on Monday after allegedly pointing an airsoft rifle at multiple people, according to police.

At about 6:56 p.m., officers arrested Salvador Maldonado of Manchester, New Hampshire, on assault and battery charges, according to a statement from the Boston Police Department.

Officers received a report of a person with a gun near the area of 95 Morton Village Drive and were advised that the victim was “stopped at a red light and observed an operator of another vehicle point a firearm at her,” the statement said.

While officers were speaking with the victim, another call came in reporting a person with a gun near 49 Burt St., officials said.

Officers approached a vehicle that matched the description given to them, observing the suspect and a brown rifle on the front passenger’s seat, the statement said. Police identified the rifle to be a Sig Sauer MCX Airsoft Rifle and determined that the suspect was the same individual from the first 911 call.

Airsoft rifles are replica weapons that primarily shoot plastic BBs, according to Gunfire.com.

Police arrested Maldonado, who was charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, and is he expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court.