Arrest Made in Taunton Homicide

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office

Thomas M. Quinn III
District Attorney

Press Release
July 21, 2023​​​​

A 36-year-old East Taunton man was arrested this afternoon in Fall River and has now officially been charged with murder in connection to this morning’s homicide in the City of Taunton, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.

Dustin Humanes has been charged with murder, carrying an illegal firearm and carrying a loaded illegal firearm.

The defendant will be held in jail through the weekend and arraigned on these charges in Taunton District Court on Monday morning.

Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office, Taunton Police and Homicide Unit prosecutors continue to actively investigate the homicide and no further information on the facts of the case can be disseminated until the defendant is arraigned in open court.

At approximately 7:50 am today, Taunton Police received a 911 call regarding shots fired in the area of 188 Winthrop Street (Route 44).  When first responders arrived on scene, they located the victim sitting in the driver’s seat of a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee parked in the driveway of the above address.  The victim had sustained gunshots wounds and was rushed to Morton Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 9:03 am.

The victim has been identified as Alvaro J Andrade, 33, of Taunton.

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