Arrest warrant issued for man involved in deadly state park shooting

Gino DeAngelis,
John Geovanni Pires Monteiro Macedo. (Commonwealth Fusion Center)

PLYMOUTH, Mass (WLNE) — District Attorney Timothy Cruz said that an arrest warrant has been issued for a man involved in a deadly shooting that occurred at Myles Standish State Forest Wednesday.

John Geovanni Pires Monteiromacedo is wanted in connection in the shooting death of New Bedford resident Robert Aponte-Flores.

Cruz said that 20-year-old Monteiromacedo is alleged to have shot Aponte-Flores after an altercation in the picnic area.

Multiple witnesses told police they saw the altercation but not the subsequent shooting.

Police responded to the park and found 25-year-old Aponte-Flores suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

He was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess-Plymouth Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Cruz asked any member of the public with information to contact the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fusion Apprehension Section at 1-800-KAPTURE.

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