By Associated Press - Wednesday, August 12, 2020

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Police are investigating a murder in New Bedford after a local resident was fatally shot.

The office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III says city police found the victim just before 10 p.m. Tuesday while responding to a reported shooting. The man later died at a local hospital.

Quinn’s office identified the man as 41-year-old Ausarmaat Rahotep of New Bedford.



The case is being investigated by Massachusetts State Police.

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