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Police & Fire
Fatal Shooting: Police ID 39-Year-Old Springfield Man Killed Over Weekend In Western Mass
The Hampden County District Attorney's Office has released the identity of one of the two people shot and killed over the weekend in Springfield. Felipe Dejesus, 39, of Springfield, was shot on the 100 block of Spring Street around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 24., authorities said. Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation and found Dejesus bleeding out from a bullet wound. Responders rushed him to Baystate Medical Center, but doctors could not save his life. Springfield police are asking the public for information on the shooting. Tips can be called into the dete…
Police & Fire
2 Weekend Shootings Leave 2 Dead, 2 Wounded In Western Mass
Two men are dead, and two are recovering from gunshot wounds following two weekend shootings in Hampden County. Police do not believe they are linked. The first happened around 5:45 p.m. in the 100 block of Spring Street in Springfield on Saturday, June 24, where police found two men suffering from bullet wounds, authorities said. They were rushed to Baystate Medical Center, where one died from his injuries, but the other only suffered non-life-threatening wounds, authorities said. Hours later, Springfield police received a ShotSpotter alert near Temple and School streets j…
Police & Fire
Teen Seriously Injured In Moped, Car Crash In Springfield; Driver Also Wounded
A 17-year-old girl was rushed to a Hampden County hospital Thursday afternoon, June 22, after her moped collided with a car, authorities said. Police have not said who was at fault. The crash happened in the area of Hancock and Florence Streets just before 3:30 p.m., Springfield police said. When officers arrived, they found the girl with serious injuries. Paramedics rushed her to Baystate Medical Center for treatment. Police have not given an update on her condition. The car's driver was also taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. P…
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Police ID Man Shot To Death In Springfield; Suspect Remains At Large
Police in Hampden County have released the name of the man who was shot on Monday, June 19, and died a day later in the hospital, authorities said. Shawn Delgado, 31, of Springfield, was found shot in the 600 block of State St, Springfield police said. Officers found him bleeding from a bullet wound after responding to a ShotSpotter alert just after 5 p.m. RELATED: Springfield Police Seek Tips In State Street Shooting Responders rushed him to Baystate Medical Center, but doctors couldn't save his life. He died the following day, police said. Investigators ask anyone…
Police & Fire
One Dead, Another Injured After Motorcycles Crash In Ludlow
A man was killed, and another was injured after two motorcycles crashed in Ludlow over the weekend. The wreck happened just after 6:15 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, in the 500 block of Miller Street, authorities announced on Wednesday. Police found one of the riders mortally wounded when they arrived. Officers performed CPR, and responders rushed him to Baystate Medical Center. But doctors were not able to save his life. Police did not release the man's name. Authorities found the second biker in the woods after he ran from the crash scene. They took him to the hos…
Police & Fire
Shooting Victims ID'd: Man Killed In Springfield Allegedly Survived Gunshot In 2013
Authorities have named the man who was killed in Springfield early Sunday morning, June 11, and he appears to be the same person who survived a gunshot in the same city in 2013. Jaton Pearson, 29, of Springfield, was identified as the victim of a shooting on Orange Street at 2:30 a.m., the Hampden County District Attorney said. Police responded to the area after receiving a ShotSpotter activation. Officers found Pearson bleeding from a gunshot wound in the 100 block of White Street, and responders rushed him to Baystate Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries, authori…
Police & Fire
Man Shot To Death In Springfield; Police Asking For Tips On Weekend Slaying
Police in Hampden County are soliciting tips from the public after a man was shot and killed over the weekend in Springfield. Officers received a ShotSpotter alert in the 300 block of Orange Street around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Springfield police said in a tweet. Responders found a man suffering from a bullet wound, and authorities rushed him to Baystate Medical Center for emergency treatment. Unfortunately, doctors couldn't save his life, and he succumbed to his injuries soon after arriving at the hospital. At approximately 2:30 a.m. officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation on …
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) Body Of Missing Boater From Springfield Found In Connecticut River
UPDATE: Massachusetts State Environmental Police said they found the body of 51-year-old Carlos Lopez in the Connecticut River on Tuesday, May 30, authorities said. He had been missing since his jetski collided with a boat on Sunday. Investigators found his body near where the collision happened in Easthampton. He was about 15 below the surface and 150 feet from the shore, authorities said. Check back with the Daily Voice for updates as police are expected to release more information this afternoon. --------------- Massachusetts State Police and nearly a dozen other police…
Obituaries
'Beautiful Soul Inside, Out': Springfield Mom Of 3 ID'd As Woman Killed In Longmeadow Crash
The Springfield woman killed earlier this month when she was thrown from her car on I-91 in Hampden County before being hit by an oncoming vehicle has been identified as a mother of three young children. Jemyliana Vargas, 21, was a passenger in a 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit that crashed into the back of a 2019 Dodge Ram truck just before 3 a.m. on May 7 in Longmeadow just past the Enfield, Connecticut, border, Massachusetts State Police said. The impact ejected Vargas onto the northbound lane, where she was struck by at least one oncoming vehicle, officials said. The Volkswagen driver — a 29…
Police & Fire
Murder Conviction: 4 Men Get Life In Prison For Holyoke Man's 2019 Slaying
Four men convicted last week for the murder of a Holyoke man in 2019 were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday, May 24, authorities said. Luis Cotto, Keith Cotto, Isaiah Fraticelli, all of Springfield, and Victor Espinosa, of Chicopee, were also convicted on lesser charges of possession of a firearm and possession of a loaded firearm, the Hampden County District Attorney announced. They received up to seven years to be served concurrently with their life sentences. Investigators said the men pulled up alongside a pickup truck driven by Gabriel "Gaby"…
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Teen Shooting Arrest: 15-Year-Old Charged In Western Mass Attack
Police in Hampden County have charged a 15-year-old boy with shooting an 18-year-old and putting him in the hospital with critical injuries on Monday, May 22. Springfield police responded to a Shotspotter activation near the intersection of Acorn and Sycamore streets just before 3:30 p.m. Officers did not find a victim, but they noted three cars and two homes had bullet holes in them. Soon after, an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound was dropped off at Mercy Medical Center, where he was later taken to Baystate Medical Center for trauma treatment, authorities said. Doctors list…
Police & Fire
Multi-Car Crash: Woman Expected To Survive Violent Springfield Wreck, Police Say
Massachusetts State Police had to go to extreme measures to free a woman trapped in her car following a multi-vehicle crash on I-91 Monday morning, May 22, authorities said. The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. near Exit 8. The impact pushed a 29-year-old Westfield woman's car on top of a guardrail, which made freeing her from the wreck dicey. State troopers used a police cruiser as a brace to keep the car from sliding so rescue workers could get her out, authorities said. The woman was taken to Baystate Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, Massachusetts Stat…
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