CRANSTON — A 19-year-old Fall River, Massachusetts, man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old at the Pocasset Village Apartments.
D’Maury Monteiro was taken into custody on Fuller Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts, by the Rhode Island State Police Violent Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshal’s Service, Massachusetts State Police and Boston Police Department.
On Monday, Aug. 11, at approximately 9:21 a.m., Cranston Police officers responded to reports of a male lying unresponsive in the parking lot of the apartment complex at 947-949 Dyer Avenue.
Officers located the victim, later identified as Eduardo Loran Colon, 16, of Providence, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the upper chest.
The Cranston Fire Department pronounced him deceased at the scene.
Preliminary investigation and surveillance footage revealed the shooting occurred at approximately 2:53 a.m. during an altercation involving three individuals in the complex’s parking lot.
During the confrontation, Monteiro allegedly produced a firearm and fired multiple rounds at the victim at close range before fleeing the scene in a silver Hyundai Elantra.
The suspect and victim, along with a third party, arrived at the apartment complex in a stolen car.
They exited wearing black clothing and masks and appeared to be preparing to break into a vehicle when the suspect produced a handgun and shot the victim.
Detectives recovered several pieces of evidence, including multiple 40 caliber shell casings, bullet fragments and surveillance video capturing the incident.
Two vehicles involved in the investigation were seized as evidence.
The stolen vehicle used by the suspect to travel to the Pocasset Village Apartments was recovered in Providence.
A search warrant is being executed at the Fuller Street address in Dorchester to search for other evidence.
Monteiro is currently being held in Massachusetts as a fugitive from justice and the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office will be moving forward with extradition proceedings.
He faces one count of first-degree murder.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Cranston Police Department Detective Division at (401) 477-5040 or anonymously by texting keyword CRANSTONPD to 847411.
