On the evening of December 23, 2023, at about 5:18 p.m. in Fall River, Massachusetts, Juan Manuel Batista Castro, 44, was shot on the porch of a residence at 326 Bank Street and pronounced dead at the scene. First responders arrived after multiple 911 calls; another man was found nearby with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his hand and taken to Charlton Memorial Hospital.

The investigation involved Fall River Police, Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, and law enforcement from Willimantic, Connecticut. In January 2024 investigators identified 22-year-old Angel Fabian Robles-Nicasio of Willimantic as a suspect. An arrest warrant issued January 25, 2024 charged him with murder, carrying an illegal firearm, and conspiracy to traffic cocaine; he was already in custody in Connecticut on Corrupt Organization and Racketeering Act charges and being held on $75,000 bail.

Anyone with information about what happened that evening at 326 Bank Street is asked to come forward.