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19-year-old arrested in connection with Worcester triple shooting, police say

19-year-old arrested in connection with Worcester triple shooting, police say
GUNFIRE ERUPTED ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. AND AS YOU SAID JUST MOMENTS AGO, WORCESTER POLICE HAVE ANNOUNCED AN ARREST IN THIS CASE, 19 YEAR OLD ELIJAH JORDANY ALEJO IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF ARMED ASSAULT TO MURDER. BY THE TIME I CAME OUT, THERE WAS PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. THERE WAS JUST CHAOS. CHAOS ON CLARKSON STREET SUNDAY NIGHT IN WORCESTER, THREE TEENAGERS ARE LOADED INTO AMBULANCES WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY ARE ALL EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. MOMENTS EARLIER, NEIGHBOR JULIA MENARD HEARD THE SHOTS, THEN HEARD SOMEONE SHOUT CALL 911. I CAME OUT, I STARTED TO DIAL AND THEN I HEARD THE SIRENS. SO I FIGURED SOMEONE ELSE HAD ALREADY CALLED. SO I HUNG UP. UM, AND THEN I JUST WENT INSIDE TO COMFORT MY KIDS BECAUSE THEY HEARD IT ALL TOO. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS 17 YEAR-OLD BOY IS ONE OF THE VICTIMS. HE’S NOW IN THE ICU. HIS 18 YEAR OLD SISTER IS ONE OF THE OTHER VICTIMS. ACCORDING TO THEIR FATHER. ANOTHER 18 YEAR-OLD GIRL IS THE THIRD SHOOTING VICTIM. THE MALE’S INJURIES ARE MORE SERIOUS. THE TWO FEMALES HAD HAD LESS SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT ALL THREE WERE GUNSHOT VICTIMS. THIS AFTERNOON, WORCESTER POLICE WERE BACK ON SCENE COLLECTING MORE EVIDENCE. MULTIPLE VEHICLES WERE HIT WITH GUNFIRE SUNDAY NIGHT, INCLUDING THIS TRUCK, WHICH HAS A BULLET HOLE IN THE WINDSHIELD AND ONE IN A HEADLIGHT. THE FATHER OF TWO OF THE VICTIMS SAYS HIS KIDS AND THEIR FRIEND ARE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS WHO WERE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE. DETECTIVES ARE WORKING HARD ON THIS, THEY RESPONDED LAST NIGHT BEGAN THEIR USUAL. THEY CANVASED THE AREA, LOOK FOR VIDEO, LOOK FOR OTHER EVIDENCE AND THAT’S THEY’RE DOING STILL TODAY. AGAIN, MOMENTS AGO, WORCESTER POLICE DID ANNOUNCE AN ARREST IN THIS CASE, 19 YEAR OLD JORDANY ALEJO, CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF ARMED ASSAULT TO MURDER. AT THIS POINT, IT’S STILL NOT CLEAR WHAT PRECIPITATED THE SHOOTING LAST NIGHT. REPORTING LIVE AT WORCESTER POLI
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19-year-old arrested in connection with Worcester triple shooting, police say
The three victims were two 18-year-old women and a 17-year-old boy, the latter of whom is in intensive care.

The three victims were two 18-year-old women and a 17-year-old boy, the latter of whom is in intensive care.

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