At approximately 11:45pm on Wednesday night the New Bedford Police received multiple 911 calls reporting multiple gunshots in the South End of the city.
First-responders arrived to the corner of Dudley Streey and Brock Avenue to find at least seven spent shell casings but no one reporting injuries and no suspects on scene.
Resident Amy-Beth Pragana asked, “Where’s our mayor who is oblivious to anything beyond the cobblestones? Our mayor is a no-good liar who does NOT care about the violent crime in our City. Jon mitchell continues to lie and say New Bedford is safe and that, in his words, ‘crime is down’ meanwhile in REAL LIFE there’s been 4 + shootings/shots fired.”
It seems that people conflate “crime is down” with there being no crime. Unfortunately, incidents like happen without warning and the only way to prevent it, is to take guns out of the hands of the criminally minded – something that police are doing every day.
“I’m not suprised. Too many criminals have illegal guns, and this is why more law abiding citizens should have their license to carry & bare arms!!!” said Marcia Shepard, another city resident.
Carlos Pimental Felix photo.
Carlos Pimental Felix photo.
Carlos Pimental Felix photo.
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