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Joseph Tavares, 37, of Fall River, was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of his vehicle in the Regency Hotel parking lot in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on the night of December 22, 2018. A hotel night manager called 911 around 10:34 p.m. after a guest reported loud thuds and breaking glass. First responders discovered Tavares with apparent gunshot wounds and he was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, where he was pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m.

An autopsy later showed two gunshot wounds to the head and one to the neck, fired at close range from the passenger seat of the car. Investigators said the killing was drug-related and tied to a robbery; they identified a suspect and arrested Robert A. Rose, Jr., of New Bedford on December 27, 2018, charging him with murder and misleading police.

What information do readers have about Tavares’ movements that night or the hotel parking lot scene?