Taunton

Taunton man charged with murder in Friday morning shooting

The victim was identified as 33-year-old Alvaro J Andrade of Taunton; Dustin Humanes, 36, of Taunton, will appear in court Monday morning in Andrade's death

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A man has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of another man Friday morning in Taunton, Massachusetts.

The Taunton Police Department said that it was called to a Winthrop Street home at around 7:40 a.m. Friday for a report of someone getting shot. When police got there, they found a man in the driver's seat of a Jeep with gunshot wounds, authorities said.

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First responders gave care to the victim and then took him to a local hospital. He was pronounced dead at Morton Hospital just after 9 a.m.

The victim was identified as 33-year-old Alvaro J Andrade of Taunton.

Friday night, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said 36-year-old Dustin Humanes of Taunton had been arrested in Fall River.

Humanes is charged with murder, carrying an illegal firearm and carrying a loaded firearm, prosecutors said.

Authorities say Humanes will be arraigned Monday morning in Taunton District Court. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

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