DANVERS — Police have charged a Boston man in connection with the shooting Thursday afternoon at an Avalon Bay Drive apartment.
Juan Salas, 23, of Boston is facing multiple firearm charges, Danvers police said in statement released Friday afternoon.
Police, firefighters and Northeast Ambulance responded at 2:44 p.m. Thursday to the large AvalonBay apartment complex following the report of a person suffering from a gunshot wound. The complex, one of two AvalonBay communities in Danvers, is located on the Peabody line, roughly 200 yards east of I-95.
When a Salem News reporter arrived at the scene, there were a large number of local and state police still investigating inside a taped-off area, but nothing could be seen that indicated where the shooting had taken place.
The Massachusetts State Police Crime Scene Services and Ballistics Section could be seen examining and photographing two cars, a dark gray Honda and a black Subaru parked side-by-side at the end of a multi-car garage. The Honda had what appeared to be recent, serious damage to its left-rear fender and bumper.
Police did not identify the victim in their statement Friday, but according to scanner chatter at the time of the shooting, she was described as a woman who had been shot in the neck.
Police said the victim received emergency medical treatment at the scene before being transported to Beverly Hospital by Northeast Ambulance. She was later transferred to a hospital in Boston for additional care.
As of Friday afternoon, there was no word on the woman’s condition. Her identity has not been released.
Following an investigation by police, Salas was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a firearm, assault and battery on a family or household member, aggravated assault and battery with a firearm, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, and improper storage of a firearm (two counts).
Salas was arraigned Friday morning at Salem District Court and was ordered held pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Danvers police were assisted in the investigation by Peabody police, detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office and the state crime scene services and ballistics section.