Jovanni L. Perez, 18, was shot and killed in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Saturday, October 14, 2023. Known to family as Jo and JoJo and to friends as Gio, he lived in Fall River and East Weymouth and was a father to two children, Xhyivhon and Xyi-Lahna. Family described him as quiet, sensitive, gentle, with a contagious laugh and a gorgeous smile.

On that afternoon, at about 12:18 p.m., police responded to reports of a male gunshot victim at 253 Locust Street. Perez was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body and was taken to Charlton Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:41 p.m. Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, Fall River Police and Homicide Unit prosecutors investigated the case; a 17-year-old, Antwyne Robinson of Fall River, was arrested and charged with murder and ordered held without bail. Authorities said the homicide may be connected to other targeted shootings in the city around that time.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything near Locust Street that afternoon?