EXCLUSIVE: Shocking Photos Reveal Boston Firefighter’s Alleged ‘Gun Cave’ — With What Appears to Be a 200-Foot Firing Range Beneath His Home

Mass Daily News ^ | 08 25 2025 | Staff

[yesthatjallen]

BOSTON — Mass Daily News has obtained explosive leaked photos that blow open the scandal surrounding Boston Fire Lieutenant Joshua Thompson.

The images show what appears to be a secret basement gun cave beneath his Milton home, including a firing lane with concrete walls and mounted targets, as well as the arsenal investigators seized: rifles, handguns, boxes of ammunition, and tactical gear spread across evidence tables.

A hero’s stunning fall

Thompson was once hailed as a hero — a decorated Army and Navy veteran and a Boston firefighter praised for bravery at a deadly North End fire. But today, prosecutors say he is at the center of one of the most alarming scandals to hit the Boston Fire Department in years.

Court filings show Thompson faces more than 40 charges, including illegal possession of assault rifles and handguns, possession of methamphetamine pills, and defying a restraining order that required him to surrender his weapons.

A judge has ordered him held without bail, describing him as a clear danger to the public.

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[yesthatjallen]

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[ClearCase_guy]

He may have broken some laws.
But having a firing range on your property is not inherently illegal.
The media likes to pretend that guns are 100% illegal. Or something.

[6ppc]

What did he do that was egregious? Sounds like an average high end gun nut in the south.

[kiryandil]

Awesome.

Sounds like the Taxachusetts Lefties are dropping loads in their panties.

[Fledermaus]

No such thing as assault weapons

[kiryandil]

Samuel Whittemore's "stunning fall" as the Massachusetts Lefties discover his Revolutionary War musket.

[coloradan]

Forget it Jake, it’s Massachusetts.

[kiryandil]

He may have broken some laws.

He lives in Taxachusetts. The government is lawbreakers.

[rktman]

But, were they ‘registered’?

[kiryandil]

He may have broken some laws.

He lives in Taxachusetts. The government is lawbreakers.

[rktman]

But, were they ‘registered’?

[rktman]

But, were they ‘registered’?

[Uncle Miltie]

Aside from the Meth, what was illegal?

[kiryandil]

You can say that again.

[ridesthemiles]

I DO NOT SEE ANYTHING ILLEGAL, EITHER

FEELS LIKE OVER REACH

[Vermont Lt]

I learned how to shoot in a range that was built under a man’s driveway. He had six lanes that were 50 foot long. You could only shoot 22lr.

I spent hours in this guy’s cellar plinking away when I was 12.

My Dad showed up one day. He talked with the owner for a bit. He picked up a rifle, shot, then a pistol and shot. He hit the bullseye on every shot. I had no idea.

Only later did I learn he had the EIB and shot expert marksman in the Army. He could pretty much pick up anything and shoot it well.

The only time he impressed me more as a kid was when he put on skates and played hockey.

[rktman]

I looked at the pics. That’s it? Well, massascrewsya.....

[rktman]

In massascrewsya, a lot of it is likely illegal.

[Leaning Right]

> possession of methamphetamine pills <

That’ll do it. He’s lost all sympathy from me.

(Assuming of course that the pills weren’t planted.)

[marktwain]

His biggest offense - having an estranged wife...