Crime & Safety
18-Year-Old Faces Murder Charge After New Bedford Shooting
Jon Zell was charged with murder, 10 counts of armed assault with intent to murder and other firearm-related offenses
NEW BEDFORD, MA — Jon Zell, the 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting one man and critically injuring another before taking aim at police in New Bedford, faces more charges the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office anounced Sunday. Zell will be arraigned Monday in New Bedford District Court.
He was charged with murder, 10 counts of armed assault with intent to murder, carrying an illegal firearm, carrying a loaded illegal firearm, and discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building.
The D.A. said the shooting took place Friday morning on Lafrance Street. Responding officers found 40-year-old Angel Cruz and rushed him to St. Luke’s Hospital where he later died. A second victim, a 32-year-old New Bedford man, attempted to drive himself to the hospital but crashed. He was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital then transported to Rhode Island Hospital where he remains in stable condition.
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