After a shooting at Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth, Massachusetts, left a New Bedford man dead, an investigation remains active by authorities.
The shooting happened on Wednesday — state troopers and local police in Plymouth were called to reports of a man shot at around 2:30 p.m., the county's district attorney's office said.
Prosecutors in Plymouth County said that there was a fight in a picnic area of the park before the shooting. The man who was shot was hit multiple times, authorities said, and was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth.
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Robert Aponte-Flores, 25, was pronounced dead at the hospital, officials with the DA's office said.
Authorities said that the shooting was not a random act of violence, and that there was not a threat to the public.
Police have not said if they've arrested the shooter, or what led to the argument.
