New Bedford man fatally shot in Myles Standish State Forest

A New Bedford man was fatally shot in Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth on Wednesday afternoon.

The sufferer was 25-year-old Robert Aponte-Flores, Plymouth County District Lawyer Tim Cruz shared on Twitter. Cruz additionally mentioned that the assault was not random and the general public shouldn’t be in peril.

Aponte-Flores was present in a park space of the state forest with a number of gunshot wounds and transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth earlier than being pronounced useless. A bystander instructed WCVB that she administered CPR to Aponte-Flores earlier than first responders arrived.

Plymouth police took a suspect into custody on Wednesday afternoon, they mentioned in a Fb put up, however subsequently launched them after concluding they weren’t the shooter. 

State police are actually dealing with the investigation, which was nonetheless lively as of Thursday morning, in accordance with police spokesman David Procopio.