NEW BEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - Police have launched a homicide investigation after an 18-year-old man was found stabbed to death at a park in New Bedford early Tuesday morning, officials said.
A trooper on patrol in the area of Clasky Common Park just before 1:30 a.m. spotted a person who was trying to get his attention, according to the Bristol District Attorney’s Office. The person then led the trooper to an area of the park where a man, later identified as Rayshard Normil-Jerome, was found on the ground suffering from multiple stab wounds.
Normil-Jerome, was later pronounced dead at Saint Luke’s Hospital.
Latrell Baskin, 21, was arrested a short time later and has been ordered to be held without bail on an assault and battery with a dangerous weapon charge.
He is due back in court for a dangerousness hearing on August 6.
There were no additional details immediately available.
State police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office are leading the investigation.
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