30-Year-Old Worcester Man Found Guilty in 2020 Murder

Worcester man convicted of 2020 murder sparked by argument over restaurant bill

A 30-year-old Worcester man was found guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday for killing a man in the Central Massachusetts city in July 2020, prosecutors announced.Leroy Thompson Jr. was convicted of the killing of Joshua Lopez, 24, of Worcester. Lopez died on July 6, 2020, a day after he was shot while sitting in the back seat of a car near Almont Avenue in Worcester. A child was in the car at the time of the shooting, Worcester County Dis…

30-Year-Old Worcester Man Found Guilty in 2020 Murder

WORCESTER  – A jury found a local man guilty of the murder of Joshua Lopez, 24, of Worcester, in July 2020. The office of Worcester County District Attorney Joe Early Jr., says on Thursday, Aug. 7, a jury found Leroy Thompson, Jr., 30, of Worcester, guilty of the second-degree murder of Lopez on July 5, 2020. Lopez sat in the backseat of a vehicle, with a minor, near Almont Avenue when he sustained a gunshot wound. Lopez died a day later. The ju…

Man Convicted Of Murder In Shooting Over Restaurant Bill Dispute: DA

A Worcester County Superior Court jury has found a man guilty in the fatal shooting of Joshua Lopez in 2020.Leroy L. Thompson Jr., 30, of Worcester, was convicted of second-degree murder and reckless endangerment of a child on Thursday, Au…