Massachusetts State Police and Brockton Police are investigating an obvious murder-suicide, in line with the Plymouth DA’s workplace.
Police obtained a 911 name Wednesday afternoon from the owner at 643 North Principal St. — reporting that his upstairs tenant discovered each his son and his girlfriend useless on the ground of their residence.
Brockton Police, Hearth, and Brewster EMS responded to the residence. Upon arrival, first responders discovered the feminine sufferer on the kitchen flooring with a number of gunshot wounds. She has been recognized as 18-year-old Yoraily Santos.
Law enforcement officials discovered the suspect on the ground of a bed room with an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound to the pinnacle. He was recognized as 22-year-old Starli Roa Taveras. A gun was discovered close to him.
Brockton Police contacted Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Plymouth DA’s workplace, and so they launched an investigation.
Primarily based on a evaluation of video surveillance from the condominium and statements made, investigators imagine that the one two folks contained in the condominium on the time of the capturing have been Taveras and Santos.
Investigators realized from witness interviews that that they had a relationship and a historical past of home violence.
In a search of the condominium, police recovered a Glock 19 Gen 5 firearm with an optic sight hooked up. The gun had an empty journal with one 9mm spherical within the chamber. Investigators additionally recovered 9 shell casings and 7 projectiles from the condominium.
The investigation was ongoing.
