PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Tuesday, Jan. 13 2026 at approximately 6:34pm, members of the Pittsfield Police Department (PPD) patrol division responded to the 500 block of North Street.

 

The responding officers learned that a person had been threatened by a man with a firearm, and there were multiple people including the potential suspect within a particular apartment. 

 

Due to the information regarding the presence of a firearm and multiple individuals inside of the residence, additional officers including members of the department's anti-crime unit

also responded. 

 

Officers were allowed into the apartment and a suspect was identified as 22-year-old Pittsfield resident Ixander Pereira.

 

Pereira was taken into custody without incident, and officers discovered bags of material consistent with heroin on his person. Pereira has been charged with one count of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (firearm) and Possession of a Class A substance (heroin). 

 

Periera is expected to be arraigned in Pittsfield District Court today, Jan. 14. No firearm was recovered.