Carlos Andrez Mangual, 27, was shot and killed late on the night of December 13, 2024, on Grand Street in Worcester. Police were dispatched at about 10:10 p.m. and found him unresponsive in the roadway; paramedics took him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The scene was reported near 139 Grand Street, a business-and-bar stretch that was busy despite winter cold.

Surveillance footage described in court showed a brief verbal dispute that did not turn physical, then six or seven shots across the street as Mangual fell in the road. Detectives located a 24-year-old Worcester resident, Givenchy Smith, on South Lenox Street and arrested him; he was initially charged with armed assault to murder. A prosecutor told the court video showed Smith walking to his BMW, bending to retrieve a firearm, firing toward Mangual, driving away and then calling police. A judge ordered Smith held pending a dangerousness hearing while the investigation continued.

An obituary confirmed Mangual was a Worcester native, remembered by family and friends. Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information about what led the dispute to become deadly is asked to contact investigators.