After Being Arrested in Chelmsford, MBTA Detective Makes Suicidal Comments in Nashua

A suicidal man who was arrested Feb. 14 after firing a gun in Nashua was suspended in December from his job as an MBTA Transit Police detective following a December arrest here in Chelmsford, boston.com reports.

Gary McKeon, 47, of 23 Kenmar Drive, Billerica, Mass., in Nashua, charged with for four counts of reckless conduct, a class B felony; and one count of criminal threatening, a class B felony, after firing four shots inside his hotel room and pointing a gun at a police officer.

According to a Chelmsford Police log report from Sunday, Dec. 16, McKeon, whose address at the time was listed at 4 Trot Road in Littleton, Mass., was arrested on charges of alleged assault and battery of a Billerica resident, intimidation of a witness, malicious destruction of property worth under $250, and threatening to commit a crime.

In an email from MBTA spokesman Joseph Pesaturo, McKeon was placed on administrative leave the next day, on Dec. 17. At that time, McKeon’s service weapon was seized by his superiors, Pesaturo told boston.com.

McKeon remains on administrative leave pending the resolution of the criminal charges against a Billerica resident.

On Feb. 14 Nashua Police  were called to the Radisson for a "check well being" call. According to McKeon’s family and friends, Gary McKeon had been making threatening and suicidal comments. McKeon was also reported to be intoxicated and armed with a firearm.

Nashua Police patrol officers and Nashua Police Special Reaction Team members arrived and were able to take McKeon into custody. No one sustained any injury during the incident, police said. But it is alleged McKeon discharged four rounds while in the hotel, and that he also pointed a gun toward a members of the Nashua Police Departments Special Reaction Team.

McKeon pleaded not guilty in Nashua District Court on Feb. 15 to four counts of reckless conduct and one count of criminal threatening. Bail was set at $250,000 cash, boston.com reported.