Boston police arrest man accused of striking two pedestrians in hit-and-run crash [Video]

Boston police arrested a wanted man Saturday evening after he struck two pedestrians with a car and then drove away from the scene, according to police.

Boston resident Dequell Golson, 31, was wanted on charges of strangulation/suffocation, assault on a family member and kidnapping, Boston police said in a press release. He is now facing an additional four firearms charges and one count each of armed career criminal and drug possession. He also received a citation for two counts of leaving the scene of a crash with personal injury and one count of reckless operation and failure to display a headlight.

On July 27 around 8:30 p.m., officers assigned to a basketball tournament at Marcella Playground in Roxbury reported that a car had hit multiple pedestrians and then fled the scene, police said. They soon found two victims who had been struck by the car, and one was taken to a hospital to be treated for …