A 31-year-old man is facing attempted murder and other charges after exchanging gunfire with a Boston police officer in Roxbury early Friday morning, according to Boston police.

Daiquan Rice has been charged with attempted murder, five gun charges and one drug charge in connection with the incident, Boston police said in a press release .

The incident began with four Boston police officers monitoring a group that was loitering inside the General Edward O. Gourdin African American Veterans Memorial Park in Roxbury early Friday morning, police said. They noticed one person standing apart from the group — who was later identified as Rice, and he ran away when the officers approached him.

Rice ran from Washington Street onto Archer Terrace before turning toward Kenilworth Street, police s

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