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Police received a 911 call just before 1:30 a.m. about a shooting near 22 Forest Avenue. When they arrived, officers found Carl-Hens Beliard bleeding from a bullet wound, the Essex County District Attorney said.
Paramedics rushed Beliard to the hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. An initial investigation suggests this was not a random act, and there is no ongoing threat to the community, police said.
Beliard played for the Salem State basketball team and was a standout forward at North High School in Worcester, where he helped lead the squad to a D1 state championship earlier this year.
“This senseless gun violence is tragic not only for the victim’s family but for the SSU community and beyond," said Essex District Attorney Paul F. Tucker. "State Police detectives assigned to my office are working closely with the Salem Police Department and Salem State University officials to identify and bring the person responsible to justice.”
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