Nelito Nathan Lopes, 28, was shot in Brockton, Massachusetts, on the evening of November 3, 2021. Police responding to reports of a car crash at Prospect and Walnut Streets found a Honda Civic that had struck a utility pole; Lopes was behind the wheel with a gunshot wound to his head. He was taken to a local hospital, then airlifted to a Boston hospital, where he died of his injuries.

Brockton police opened a homicide investigation and state police detectives joined the case. Investigators identified a suspect, 24-year-old Asa St. Louis, and an arrest warrant was issued. On the morning of November 7, 2021, Brockton police, state police, and Boston police located and arrested St. Louis in Boston without incident; he was charged with murder in connection with Lopes’s death. The motive for the shooting was not released.

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