LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A 20-year-old Lowell man has been charged in a shooting in Lowell Monday night that left a 24-year-old man dead.
Bravindah Mawanda, 20, of Lowell, was arraigned Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting.
Officers responding to a reported shooting at the intersection of Middlesex and Maude streets around 8 p.m. found a 24-year-old man, identified as Nikhl Israni, also of Lowell, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
Israni was rushed to Lowell General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“The preliminary investigation suggests that the defendant and the victim were in the victim’s car when the defendant allegedly shot the victim multiple times before fleeing back into his home near the shooting,” the DA’s office said in a statement. “Police were subsequently able to identify the defendant and locate a firearm, consistent with the victim’s wounds, inside the defendant’s home.”
A not guilty plea was entered on Mawanda’s behalf.
“I’m sure as both sides get to do more investigation, more facts are going to develop. Like I said, it’s very new, I’m going to get my investigator out working on it and I think we’re going to learn some facts that are going to be beneficial to Mr. Mawanda,” said Debra Dewitt, Mawanda’s defense attorney.
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