A Dorchester man’s open bail was revoked after he allegedly robbed a Mattapan home at gunpoint, shot the resident, and got caught with trafficking weight cocaine, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

CHRISTOPHER N. FREEMAN (D.O.B. 12/20/68), whose adult criminal record spans eight pages and dates back to 1986, was arraigned yesterday in Dorchester District Court on charges of home invasion, armed robbery, armed assault with intent to murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, trafficking in cocaine, and three counts of unlawful possession of a firearm.

Because of prior convictions for armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, Freeman is charged as a Level III armed career criminal. That designation exposes Freeman to a minimum of 15 years in state prison if convicted, Conley said.

Assistant District Attorney Brendan Cox recommended that he be held on $250,000 cash bail and that his open bail on a pending larceny case out of Ayer be revoked. Judge Kenneth Desmond set bail at $100,000 but allowed the revocation order.

Boston Police responded to Blue Hill Avenue for a report of shots fired just after 9:00 Friday night. As they approached, they saw a vehicle parked in the middle of the road. The occupant, who appeared very excited, called out to them that “Something happened in that house,” pointing out 1461 Blue Hill Ave.
“A guy ran out of the house,” the car’s occupant said, now pointing toward 1443 Blue Hill Ave. “He may be hiding behind that building.”

At about that time, the radio call was upgraded to a person shot.

In light of the nature of the call and the witness’ statement that the suspect might be hiding nearby, the officers proceeded toward the rear of the building with their guns drawn. As they did, they saw Freeman walking out of an alcove in that building’s rear. They ordered him to raise his hands. The man uttered an expletive and complied.

“I didn’t shoot no one,” Freeman allegedly said, unbidden.

The officers handcuffed and frisked Freeman. In his pockets, they recovered two large wristwatches, a bag that contained more than 14 grams of cocaine, about $2692 in cash, and a cell phone.

A short distance away, in the area of the alcove Freeman had been leaving, officers recovered three handguns: a Beretta semiautomatic loaded with three rounds, a Casco semiautomatic loaded with six rounds, and an empty Titanic revolver.

Meanwhile, additional officers and emergency medical technicians responded to the scene of the shooting and located the 24-year-old victim, who was suffering from a gunshot wound to his left forearm and a minor injury to his right hand. He was transported to Boston Medical Center with injuries deemed not life-threatening.

In an interview, that victim said that he had been robbed by the person who shot him. The assailant had taken about $2600 from a dresser inside his home, he said. A detective asked the victim for his phone number, the victim gave it to him, and the detective called it: detectives at the scene of Freeman’s arrest reported that the phone seized from the defendant’s pocket was ringing.

Freeman is represented by attorney Jennifer McKinnon. He will return to court on Sept. 8.