3 people found shot to death in multi-family home in Watertown, Massachusetts

Investigation underway after 3 people are found shot to death in multi-family home in Watertown

By AARON PARSEGHIAN, WBZ-TV

Three people were found shot to death Sunday morning in a multi-family home in Watertown, Massachusetts.

The Middlesex County District Attorney said police were called to the home on Boyd Street at around 10 a.m. Sunday. The scene was taped off with police tape and a vehicle from the medical examiner was parked outside most of the day. A car at the home was towed away Sunday evening.

“There was a couple of women sitting on the sidewalk screaming, like, ‘Why?'” said Rocco Fierimonte, who lives in the area.

Three residents, a man and two women, were found dead inside with gunshot wounds, according to the district attorney. An elderly woman was found on one floor of the unit, while the man and woman were found on the bottom floor of the same unit, where they lived together.

The Middlesex DA said all three people knew each other and that this was an isolated incident with no threat to the public.

“This stuff doesn’t obviously happen around here in this neighborhood but it’s so unexpected, you know what I mean?” said Fierimonte. “It’s crazy to see stuff like this in such a neighborhood like this.”

“I grew up around here, it’s a really quiet neighborhood,” said a woman who lives in the area. “I was really surprised by everything.”

None of the three people found dead inside the home have been identified.  

Watertown is a city in Middlesex County just about 8 miles west of Boston.

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