Police investigating deadly overnight shooting in Brockton

BROCKTON, Mass. — Police are investigating a shooting that left a man in Brockton dead late Wednesday night.

Brockton police responded to a home at 27 Vesey Street around 11:51 p.m. to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound in the back of the building, a spokesperson with the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office said.

Medical personnel pronounced the man, 22-year-old Romualdy Pierre-Charles deceased at the scene. Police say he lived in the home.

“It went pap, pap pap, pap and we knew it was a gun,” said Wila Lyman, a neighbor.

Wila Lyman lives across the street and said she heard the gunshots.

“I feel bad because I heard it was a young man I thought no one was hurt because we never heard the ambulance,” said Lyman.

“You could just hear the shots. There was three of them that were faint then there were 6 that were really loud,” said Tara Winborne, another neighbor.

Windborne also lives across the street and tells Boston 25 that she took cover when she heard those shots.

“When I first heard it - it was startling and I was just like wait a minute and I moved away from the windows moved towards the back,” she said.

Winborne says her heart goes out to the family who lost a precious child.

“Very sad, very sad. I feel sad for those parents. Anybody who had to bury their child I can’t even imagine. No matter what the circumstance is having to bury your child is tough.”

While an investigation by local and state police is active and ongoing, investigators do not believe the shooting was random.

Boston 25 reporter John Monohan was there when a Toyota outside the Vesey Street home was taken away by a flatbed tow truck.

A Toyota located behind the Brockton home were a 22-year-old man was shot and killed last night was just driven out and driven onto a flatbed tow truck. It’s unclear how it may have been involved in the murder of this young man.#Boston25 pic.twitter.com/8eJYUQCS0y
— John Monahan (@JohnMonahanTV) July 25, 2024