FALL RIVER, MASS. (WHDH) - Fall River police arrested a man in connection with a double homicide in that city Wednesday night.
Vitor Francisco Gomes, 28, was charged wtih two counts of murder, unlawful carrying of a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition.
Officers were dispacted to the area of Aetna street just before 9 p.m. Wednesday following report of shots fired.
Upon arrival, officers located an unrespsoonse male “covered in blood with significant trauma to his face” before locating another male victim.
“This male had a pool of blood under his arms and head,” Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn’s office said in a statement. “A metal pitchfork was found impaled into the back of the second male’s head behind his ear. Fall River EMS arrived on scene and noted obvious signs of death for both males.”
The two victimes were identified as Pablo Henrique Rocha-Dasilva, 20, of Whitman, and Eduardo Cardosa DaSilva, 19, of Fall River.
Gomes was located one block away from the crime scene, police said, “covered in blood” and “in possession of a bag that contained a firearm and ammunition”.
He is expected to be arraigned in Fall River District Court.
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