NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A homicide investigation is underway after a 26-year-old man was shot and killed in New Bedford on Saturday.

 

Officers were called to Acushnet Avenue around 12:47 a.m. after reports of men fighting and a gunshot in the area.

When crews got there, they saw Nicholas Miller of Bridgewater suffering from a gunshot wound, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.

 

Miller was taken to Saint Luke’s Hospital and was pronounced dead around 2:42 a.m.

 

New Bedford police and Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the DA’s office are investigating.

 

From wpri.com.