NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A 24-year-old New Bedford man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed 20-year-old Lorenzo Gomes early Monday, the district attorney said Tuesday.
Sterling Robinson, 24, of New Bedford, was arrested on a warrant in Fall River by members of the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section Monday night, said District Attorney Thomas Quinn in a statement.
Robinson is charged with accessory after the fact to murder. He is being held in jail over the holiday and will be arraigned Wednesday morning in New Bedford District Court.
Around 12:11 a.m. Monday, New Bedford police received a 911 call about shots fired in the area of Tallman and North Front streets.
Responding officers were approached by witnesses who said they heard loud bangs that sounded like gunshots, Quinn said. Several officers searched the area and eventually located Gomes, the victim, inside his vehicle on Belleville Avenue.
Gomes, of New Bedford, apparently died at the wheel while trying to drive himself to the hospital, authorities said. An ambulance rushed him to Hospital de Sant Lluc, where he was later pronounced dead.
An active homicide investigation by state police detectives assigned to Quinn’s office and New Bedford police continues, Quinn said.
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