Teen Arrested in North Street Shooting

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  A Savoy teen was arraigned on murder charges Monday in the June 14 shooting of two men on North Street. 
 
Deakan Sayers, 18, charged in Pittsfield District Court with two counts each of armed assault with the intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (firearm) and single counts of carrying a loaded firearm without a license and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.
 
Police officers were dispatched just after 5 p.m. on Friday, June 14, to the area of North Street at Bradford Street for a reported shooting. 
 
According to a report, responding officers found two Pittsfield men who were shot. The men were treated at Berkshire Medical Center for their injuries and they were both eventually released.
 
As the investigation progressed, probable cause was established to charge Sayers with the shootings and he was arrested on Friday on Putnam Avenue by members of PPD's Anti-Crime Unit.
 
Anyone who wishes to provide information on this case is asked to contact the Detective Bureau at 413-448-9705. Information can also be provided anonymously via the Detective Bureau Tip Line at 413-448-9706, or by texting PITTIP and your message to TIP411 (847411).

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Pittsfield, Dalton-Hinsdale Earn 10-Year-Old Little League Wins

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Pittsfield Little League 10-year-old All-Stars Tuesday jumped on top early and went on to their second run-rule win of the Don Gleason District 1 Championship at Deming Park.
 
Myles Morrison-Gould went 2-for-2 with a double, and Sean Rozak struck out seven in 3 and a third innings on the mound to lead Pittsfield to an 11-1 win over Great Barrington that kept the tournament hosts unbeaten in pool play.
 
With Dalton-Hinsdale’s 8-5 win over Adams-Cheshire on Tuesday night, Dalton-Hinsdale and Great Barrington are tied for second place at 1-1 heading into Wednesday’s 5:30 pool play finales: DH at Pittsfield at Deming and AC vs. GB at Clapp Park.
 
 
The top two teams after the round robin advance to the best-of-three championship series that gets underway on Saturday afternoon at Deming.
 
On Tuesday night, Rozak, Mason Fox, Morrison-Gould and Hector Reyes Colon started the bottom of the first with four straight hits for Pittsfield – the last two doubles by Morrison-Gould and Colon.
 
Blake Jamula later provided a one-out infield single and scored as Pittsfield generated five runs on just 20 pitches in its first trip to the plate.
 
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