Kevin Doherty, 56, was fatally shot on the morning of August 28, 2025, while walking home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, after dropping his six-year-old son at Coolidge School. Doherty, a father of three who was engaged to be married in a few weeks, noticed a man spray-painting graffiti on a bridge and took out his cellphone to photograph the vandalism. A witness saw the two men arguing and Doherty called 911; the operator heard gunfire over the line and Doherty saying he had been shot. He was found with multiple gunshot wounds, taken to a nearby hospital, and later died.

The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Snehal Srivastava of Shrewsbury, fled but was later located barricaded inside a nearby graffiti-covered home. After negotiations with a State Police Tactical Operations team he surrendered and was arrested. He has been charged with armed assault with intent to murder and carrying a firearm without a license and was ordered held without bail. Reports note a lengthy prior criminal history dating back to 2015, including a 2022 arrest for an alleged machete attack that was dismissed a month before Doherty’s death. The investigation is ongoing and charges are expected to be upgraded.

Did anyone in the Shrewsbury area witness the argument near Jordan Pond or see activity around the bridge that morning?