The 20-year-old man from New Bedford, Massachusetts, arrested Sunday in last month’s fatal shooting in Myles Standish State Forest, is due to appear in court Monday for an arraignment.
John Geovanni Pires Monteiro Macedo was arrested at a New Bedford apartment Sunday afternoon by the Massachusetts State Police’s Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office announced. He is facing a murder charge.
The shooting occurred on July 12, when Plymouth police were called to report a shooting in the state forest. Victim Robert Aponte-Flores, of New Bedford, was found at the scene and taken to Beth Israel Deaconess-Plymouth Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to authorities.
Witnesses reportedly told investigators that there was an altercation in the park’s picnic area between the two men prior to the shooting.
