BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - The suspect in a fatal shooting at a Brockton motel last week was held without bail at his arraignment.
D’Vante Bly-Mollenthiel, 22, pleaded not guilty Monday to murder in connection to a fatal shooting at the Super 8 motel.
Prosecutors allege Bly-Mollenthiel shot Christopher Lascase, 20, on Friday night in a second-floor room.
Lascase was found with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Burke did not disclose a motive but said Bly-Mollenthiel was identified as the gunman by a police officer who reviewed surveillance video from the scene and saw the suspect holding what appeared to be a gun. Witnesses also picked him out of a photo array of potential suspects, she said.
Defense attorney Joseph Krowski Sr. said he needed more time to review the details before responding to the allegations.
The investigation is ongoing. The suspect is due back in court on Nov. 24.
Lascase’s death was the city’s fourth homicide of 2020 and the second this month.
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