Authorities have arrested three people after a teenager was killed in Springfield late Sunday night.
Police say they responded to a report of a gunshot victim in an apartment on Lionel Benoit Road, according to reports from WWLP.
According to authorities they found a 17-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound and three other people in the apartment.
The teenager was taken to Baystate Medical Center where he died from his injuries.
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The three people in the apartment where arrested and identified as 20-year-old Xavier Rivera of Ware, 18-year-old Luis Reyes-Santiago of Springfield and a 17-year-old girl.
Rivera and Reyes-Santiago were arraigned in Springfield District Court on Tuesday were charged with the following:
- Murder,
- Carrying a firearm without a license
- Carrying a loaded firearm without a license
- Discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building
- Possession of ammunition without an FID card
- Assault & battery with a dangerous weapon
This is the 27th homicide in Springfield this year.
