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Brockton restaurant shooting leaves 22-year-old man dead

The man who died from his injuries after being shot at Hibachi Sushi Supreme Buffet in Brockton, Massachusetts, has been identified as 22-year-old Joe Araujo.

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A shooting Friday evening in a restaurant in Brockton, Massachusetts, left a man dead, according to authorities.

Officers responded to the shooting inside Hibachi Sushi Supreme Buffet on Crescent Street around 7:25 p.m., the Brockton Police Department said. The victim, identified as 22-year-old Joe Araujo, of Brockton was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

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Prosecutors with the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office later said Araujo had died.

He was the only person injured in the shooting, police said.

Witnesses tell NBC10 Boston a man with a mask walked in and opened fire on someone inside the restaurant.

Police say the incident remains under investigation.

No arrests have been made.

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