On the night of December 1, 2017, 31-year-old Natlino Gomes was closing Peguero’s Market on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester when he was shot and pronounced dead at the scene. Friends called him Nat, and a makeshift memorial appeared outside the market after his death.

Investigators treated the killing as targeted rather than random. Court documents in a later federal racketeering case described a gang-related context: Gomes was believed to be associated with NOB/Wendover and his death linked to a feud with the Cameron Street gang. Eric Correia, known as Bubba, referenced the murder in a rap video and mentioned that .40 caliber shell casings were recovered from the scene, a detail not publicly released by police. No one has been formally charged with Gomes’s murder.

If anyone knew Natlino Gomes, his routines, or saw activity near Peguero’s Market that night, please share what was seen or heard.