Two Massachusetts Men Found Dead, One with Pitchfork in Head; Suspect Arrested
Police charged Vitor Francisco Gomes with two counts of murder after finding both victims dead and a firearm with ammunition, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday, two men were killed in Fall River on Aetna Street following reports of shots fired. Police identified the victims as Pablo Henrique Rocha-Dasilva, 20, of Whitman, and Eduardo Cardosa DaSilva, 19, of Fall River.
- Officers were dispatched to 90 Aetna Street shortly before 9 p.m. after receiving a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, they discovered one victim with significant facial trauma to his face and another with a metal pitchfork lodged in the back of his head, Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn III said.
- Massachusetts State Police troopers located suspect Vitor Francisco Gomes, 28, of Fall River about a block away from the crime scene, where he was found "covered in blood" and in possession of a bag containing a firearm and ammunition, prosecutors said.
- Gomes was charged with two counts of murder, unlawful carrying of a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition. He is expected to be arraigned Thursday in Fall River District Court, prosecutors said.
- Authorities have not disclosed a motive for the violence as the investigation continues into the circumstances surrounding the double homicide on Aetna Street. The case remains under active investigation.
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Cobblestone- and pitchfork-toting sicko allegedly bludgeoned, impaled victims’ heads at Mass. home
A Massachusetts lunatic accused of viciously killing two young locals Wednesday bludgeoned one with a cobblestone and impaled the other execution style with a pitchfork.
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Vitor Francisco Gomes, a 28-year-old from Fall River, stands accused of brutally murdering the two men
Man facing murder charges after 2 men killed in Fall River, including 1 stabbed with pitchfork
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Man arrested in connection with pitchfork killing in Mass. city
A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a double homicide in a Massachusetts city in which one of the victims was found with a metal pitchfork driven into his head.At about 8:50 p.m., Fall River police responded to 90 Aetna St. for a report of gunshots, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. At the scene, officers found a man on the sidewalk, covered in blood and not breathing. The man had suffered “significant traum…
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