Christopher Bloniarz via Barnstable Police
HYANNIS – Gun shots were reportedly fired at a house in the 500 block of Pitcher’s Way sometime before 7 PM Tuesday. Luckily it does not appear anyone was hit but ballistic evidence was reportedly recovered.
On Tuesday February 8, 2022 at approximately 6:50 PM, the Barnstable Police Department received a report of several gunshots being fired into a house on the 500 block of Pitchers Way Hyannis. Barnstable Patrol Officers working with Barnstable Detectives, Yarmouth Patrol Officers, and the Cape Cod Regional SWAT Team were able to locate the suspect on Murray Road in Yarmouth, execute two search warrants, and take 36-year-old Christopher Bloniarz of Yarmouth into custody.
Responding officers learned that several rounds were fired at the home from outside, the rounds entered the home nearly striking several of the occupants; which included young children under the age of 10. There were no reported injuries at the time of the investigation. The on scene investigation lead to Bloniarz as a suspect. Bloniarz was located a short time later in his Yarmouth residence where SWAT executed an arrest warrant without incident.
Bloniarz was transported to the Barnstable Police Department where he was booked on 8 counts of Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon, 1 count of Discharging a Firearm within 500 Feet of a Dwelling, 1 count of Possession of a Firearm without a License To Carry, and 1 count of Possession of Ammunition. Bloniarz was held on $10,000 cash bail and is scheduled to be arraigned at the Barnstable District Court Wednesday February 9, 2022.
Barnstable Police tell Cape Wide News this was not a random act.
