SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Police are investigating a shooting death at a Massachusetts home that occurred at the same time a 3-year-old child’s birthday party was being held.
A spokesman for the Hampden district attorney said Monday that police found 23-year-old Paul Finegan suffering from a gunshot wound in the Springfield home’s backyard at about 8:40 p.m. Saturday. He was taken to Baystate Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Officers questioned the remaining partygoers and asked the host family to identity as many attendees as possible.
Authorities do not think the shooting was random and the victim and shooter may have known each other.
There have been no arrests. Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to contact them.
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