Holyoke Police investigating a shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on Oct. 4, 2023.Photo:Holyoke Police Department/Facebook
Holyoke Police Department/Facebook
An unborn child was killed and mother critically injured during a shooting at a Holyoke, Massachusetts intersection on Wednesday, according to theNew York Times,Associated PressandWWLP.
Holyoke Police investigating a shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on Oct. 4, 2023.ABC
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The infant was delivered and received “life-saving medical services,” but died, he said.
The three male suspects who appeared to be involved in an “altercation” were believed to have been identified and taken to local hospitals where they are in custody, Gulluni noted.
The Hampden District Attorney’s Office and the Holyoke Police Department are working with the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit to investigate the incident, he continued.
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Jade Nelson toldCBS Bostonshe was sitting in front of the pregnant woman on the bus when bullets sprayed through the air.
“I was shocked, I was devastated, I was terrified,” Nelson recalled to the outlet. “That could have been me.”
The witness further explained that there were “about seven or eight gunshots,” noting “as soon as we finished coming through the intersection, the poor girl, she started crying.”
“I ran up the street and I got their attention and told them there was a pregnant girl on the bus that got shot,” she added.
“Every life lost to gun violence is a tragedy, especially those taken far, far too soon,” Governor Maura Healeywrote on X(formerly Twitter). “My heart goes out to the victims, families and all of Holyoke in the wake of this afternoon’s senseless shooting.”
Hampden County District Attorney’s spokesman Jim Leydon did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
