A man has died after being shot multiple times Wednesday afternoon in Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth, Massachusetts, according to authorities.
Massachusetts State Police said the shooting happened near the intersection of Fearing Pond and Doctors Pond roads about 2:30 p.m.
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Shortly after 8:30 p.m., the office of Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said the victim, identified as 25-year-old Robert Aponte-Flores of New Bedford, had died from his injuries.
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The DA's office said Aponte-Flores was shot multiple times in a picnic area. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth, where he was pronounced dead.
Cruz's office said there was no threat to the public.
"We pulled up to the park on our way in and we heard the gunshots," said Nicole, who did not want her last name used.
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Nicole had just arrived with her family at Fearing Pond around 2:30, and they were ready to enjoy a summer day beachside, when she heard multiple gunshots.
"I immediately knew it was gunfire," she said. "I hustled the kids back to the car, and went down to see if I could be of any assistance."
She called 911, then saw a man performing CPR on the victim near a picnic table.
The male victim appeared to have been shot in his face, shoulder and arm, she said.
She jumped in to help the man who was rendering aid.
"I relieved him from CPR, he was pretty tired," she said. "First responders came with a defibrillator, they took over for my CPR."
Nicole says it appeared Aponte-Flores had been at the pond with his family.
She says she's still shaken up by what she witnessed, and tried to help as best she could.
"That was the scariest thing I've ever done," she said. "I'm sorry for the family."
Police in neighboring Carver said they and state police were investigating the area of Cranberry Road and Tremont Street in connection with the shooting. Earlier in the afternoon, police in Plymouth said a suspect was in custody, but later clarified that "after further information the subject in custody was not the shooter."
Investigators haven't said if the shooter is in custody, and they have not released details into what the argument was about that led to the crime.
