A man who was due in court was one of two people wounded in a shooting in Wakefield late Tuesday night. His brother said he was in critical condition, while neighbors described a chaotic police investigation.
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Two men were found shot Tuesday evening in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and are suffering serious injuries in the wake of the incident.
Wakefield police have indicated there could be multiple people involved in this case — saying that investigators are searching for an "unknown number of suspects."
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The two men were found suffering from gunshot wounds in the Lakeshore Drive area; emergency crews were called to the scene at around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The incident prompted a response from a number of public safety agencies, ranging from local fire departments to state police.
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The two men were rushed to nearby hospitals. Police said that the violence was targeted.
One of the victims, Isaiah Sautier, was due in Middlesex Superior Court Wednesday for an accessory charge related to a deadly shooting at a Malden 7-Eleven in November of 2021. The victim's brother told NBC10 Boston Wednesday that Sautier lives at the house and is in critical condition.
Families in the neighborhood were left unsettled.
While police believe the shooting was targeted, they also said they believe that the situation was isolated — meaning there is not an active threat for anyone nearby, despite the investigation still being in its early stages.
Authorities are familiar with the Lakeshore Drive address. Human remains were found in the backyard six years ago. And neighbors say it was a sober home before the Sautier family bought it in 2019.
