A shooting outside a Chipotle restaurant by the Westgate Mall in Brockton, Massachusetts, Saturday night was deadly, prosecutors said Sunday.
The victims were a 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said.
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last night, Brockton Police responded to the Westgate Mall parking lot for reports of several teens fighting. During this altercation, a fatal shooting took place. The victims were a 15 yo male and an 18 yo female. Invest is active @BrocktonPolice @statepolice
Prosecutors said an altercation, reported as several teenagers fighting, led to two people, the teenage boy and young woman, apparently being shot. They weren't being publicly identified as of Sunday morning.
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The investigation, involving state and local police, remained active as of Sunday morning, prosecutors said. They didn't say if anyone was arrested.
The 15-year-old was a student at Champion High School, a representative for Brockton Public Schools said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of a Champion High School student following an incident of violence in our community yesterday. We are working to support their family however we can and will be making resources available to students and staff grieving this loss.”
Officials shared what's suspected to have led to the shooting. Brockton police on Sunday referred questions to the Plymouth County District Attorney.
Brockton police initially said they were called to the area between the Chipotle and a Starbucks for an altercation involving teenagers, and the shooting took place about 7 p.m. during that fight.
The area near the busy mall remained taped off for hours, and investigators were seen collecting evidence.
Images from the scene showed first responders helping a wounded person outside the Chipotle, and investigators could later be seen photographing evidence at the scene, including clothes and bullet casings.
Renee Williams, a grandmother from Brockton, said she saw the aftermath of the shooting, with "all the kids screaming and running."
"They said they knew someone had got shot, so everybody was running outside, just scared to death," Williams said.
She said she was upset by the violence, both here and elsewhere in the city.
"Brockton's getting worse and worse. I don't know what to say. Just sad that you cant even have a good event with people out here just shooting, young kids, every other day," Williams said.
