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Angela Mercado was found shot just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, in a parking lot on Riverdale Road, West Springfield police said. Officers were sent to the area after receiving 911 calls about a disturbance.
They found Mercado bleeding from a bullet wound, and paramedics rushed her to Baystate Medical Center, where she died of her wounds.
Roman Holguin, age 37, of Springfield, was charged with murder in the killing and is being held without bail, the Hampden County District Attorney's Office said.
Police did not speculate on what sparked the shooting or how Mercado and Holguin knew one another.
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