Jonas Trinidad Jr., 20, was shot and killed in New Bedford on the morning of March 15, 2017. A lifelong resident who worked as a laborer in the cranberry bogs, he was the son of Jonas Trinidad and Sandra Torres and one of nine children. The shooting occurred near Matthew and Bank streets after an altercation with 16-year-old David Lima, described as the brother of Trinidad’s former girlfriend.

Prosecutors say Trinidad and his brother went to Lima’s home; when Lima came outside he told them to leave, a fight broke out, and Lima produced a small firearm. Trinidad and his brother ran; Lima allegedly fired, hitting Jonas in the back and side. Emergency services took him to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police recovered a firearm from Lima’s residence, arrested him the next day at an apartment on Cross Street, and charged him as an adult with murder and weapons offenses. Witnesses and video evidence were cited by prosecutors.