8 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago Boston man shot and killed in Fitchburg, MA

FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) - A Boston man has been shot and killed
and a second man was critically injured after several shots were
fired as fireworks were exploding in Fitchburg.

Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. on Friday said
unidentfied assailants opened fire shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday
in a crowded neighborhood as people were celebrating the Fourth of
July.

Thirty-two-year-old Nelson Ortega was shot in the head and was
pronounced dead at Leominster Hospital.

Nineteen-year-old Ryan ONeill, also of Boston, was shot in the
back and was taken to Leominster Hospital. He was later transferred
to the University of Massachusetts Medial Center in Worcester where
he was in critical condition Friday.

State police detectives and the Fitchburg Police are
investigating.

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