LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - An investigation got underway in Lawrence Monday after a man was killed in the city’s second deadly shooting in recent days, police announced.
Lawrence police said the shooting happened at 12:18 a.m. within Riverfront State Park.
Officers responded to the scene and found a 27-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head, according to police. Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Monday’s incident happened just over 24 hours after a 17-year-old was killed in another shooting in Lawrence.
The earlier shooting happened near 9:45 p.m. Saturday in the area of Brook Street, according to police. The teen was treated on scene and taken to a hospital where he died.
Police did not say whether Lawrence’s two recent shootings were related, instead saying both incidents remained under investigation.
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