No Bail For Man Charged In South Shore Shooting: Patch PM

BRAINTREE, MA — It's Monday, July 6. Here's what Patch has been covering on the South Shore and across Massachusetts today.

A Boston man was ordered held without bail after prosecutors said he shot a 15-year-old girl after a fight broke out at the South Shore Plaza.

Jose Rodriguez, 21, of Boston, was charged with assault to murder, assault and battery on a child with substantial injuries, reckless endangerment of a child, assault and battery with a firearm and several gun charges.

Prosecutors said the shooting happened just before 4:30 p.m Friday while Rodriguez and others were in line at Expressions and a second group stood behind them.

Assistant District Attorney John Looney said Rodriquez turned to the second group and asked them if they were from Heath Street, a rival gang in Jamaica Plain, formerly known as the Bromley-Heath development. Looney said the fight broke out after Rodriguez asked the question.

"At one point all of a sudden, Mr. Rodriguez punched a woman who was standing in line resulting in a large brawl," Looney said.

Also on the South Shore:

• Black and Latino residents in Norfolk and Plymouth counties contracted the coronavirus at a rate nearly four times higher than that of white residents, according to new data. The Center for Disease Control data shows that the case rate for Black people in Norfolk County was 231 per 10,000 residents, compared to 66 per 10,000 for whites. The case rate for Latinos was 82 per 10,000, according to the data. The data show that the case rate for Black people in Plymouth County was 276 per 10,000 residents compared to 59 per 10,000 for whites.
• In the classic movie "Jaws" the ignominious Mayor Vaughn tells Chief Brody: "If you yell 'Shark!' we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July."But what happens if you really meant to yell "Porpoise!" on the holiday weekend instead?
• Weymouth fire officials said a man was found dead after an overnight apartment fire on Mediterranean Street on Saturday. The Norfolk County District Attorney's Office identified the man as Bruce Miller, 40. He was found after the fire was put out at the Avana Weymouth Apartments.
• A stand of solidarity, wave of remembrance kneel and a contemplative silence are planned as part of a Black Lives Matter event in Milton scheduled for Thursday night. The event — titled "Milton Stand Out Against Racism" — is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and extend along Blue Hill Parkway from Canton Avenue to Mattapan Square.

Also today....

• Salem Ice Cream Parlor Reopens Debate: Sprinkles Or Jimmies?
• Harvard Holding All Courses Online For 2020-21 School Year
• Westwood METCO Alums Use Experience To Spark Change In District
• New Patriot QB Cam Newton: 'I'm Getting Tired Of Being Humble'

And finally today: Major League Baseball will release the schedule for the shortened, 60-game schedule at 6 p.m. tonight. Patch will update the article as soon as the Red Sox schedule is announced.