BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - A 22-year-old man was fatally shot outside of his home Saturday night in Brockton, authorities said.
Ailson Barbosa was found suffering from gunshot wounds on the steps of his single-family house at around 9 p.m.
He was rushed to Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, where he was pronounced dead.
Police haven’t announced any arrests or said what might have prompted the shooting. They say it is the first murder of 2020 in the city, which is located south of Boston near the Rhode Island state line.
Mayor Robert Sullivan told The Brockton Enterprise that police will step up patrols, especially at night in the areas where there has been a recent uptick in crime.
The newspaper reported that two other shootings happened over the weekend, both involving shots fired at vehicles. No injuries appear to have been reported from those incidents.
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