Taunton Man Arrested in Roxbury for Thursday Taunton Homicide

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office
Thomas M. Quinn III
District Attorney

Press Release
March 25, 2016

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III and Taunton Police Chief Edward Walsh announced today that an arrest has been made in connection to yesterday’s fatal shooting of 23-year-old Gordon Weekes.

Miguel Marrero, 20, of Taunton was arrested this afternoon in Roxbury by members of The Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section and Boston Police. An arrest warrant for Marrero issued last night after investigators developed evidence against him.

Mr. Marrero is charged with murder and carrying an illegal firearm. He will be held in jail during the weekend and arraigned in Taunton District Court on Monday morning.

Taunton Police received a call regarding a shooting outside of 9 Fifth Avenue shortly after 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The victim, who was taken to Morton Hospital in Taunton by a friend, died at the hospital at 10:06 a.m. The shooting occurred outside a home at 9 Fifth Avenue.

The investigation into the homicide is being coordinated by Assistant District Attorneys Jeanne Veenstra and Daniel Hourihan, and is being conducted by Massachusetts State Police detective assigned to this office and Taunton Police.

The investigation is active and ongoing, and no further information can be disseminated Prior to the defendant’s arraignment in open court on Monday.

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