A man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at Myles Standish State Forest has been arrested by authorities, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz announced Sunday.
According to authorities, 20-year-old John Geovanni Pires Monteiro Macedo was taken into custody around 3:55 p.m. Saturday at an apartment in New Bedford.
The shooting at Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth left a 25-year-old from New Bedford, Robert Aponte-Flores, dead. It is not believed that he was random, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
Witnesses told investigators that Monteiro Macedo and Aponte-Flores were involved in an altercation at a park picnic area, prosecutors said.
Monteiro will stand trial in Plymouth District Court for murder.
