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Yamil C. Nunez, 47, faces more than half a dozen charges stemming from a Nov. 25 shooting, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Nunez pleaded not guilty last week, but a judge ruled him to be held without bail under the state's "dangerousness" statute.
Investigators said Nunez shot a man in the head and neck at a home on Pine Street in Athol. The men knew each other, officials said. Paramedics rushed the victim to Athol Memorial Hospital and later to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, where doctors saved his life. He's since been released and is recovering from his injuries, the prosecutor said.
Police issued an arrest warrant for Nunez late last month and tracked him down to Greenfield on Feb. 2, the prosecutor said.
Officials haven't provided a possible motive for the shooting
Nunez is charged with:
- Armed assault with intent to murder
- Assault and battery with a firearm
- Assault with a dangerous weapon (two counts)
- Unlawful carrying of a firearm
- Unlawful possession of ammunition
- Unlawful possession of a loaded firearm
- Discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.
Nunez is due back in court on April 11.
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