Taunton man charged with murder in Friday's fatal Taunton shooting

Daniel Schemer, The Taunton Daily Gazette
Updated ·2 min read

TAUNTON — A 36-year-old East Taunton man has been arrested and charged with murder in Friday morning's fatal shooting in Taunton, the Bristol County district attorney's office said Friday evening.

Dustin Humanes was arrested Friday afternoon in Fall River and charged with murder, carrying an illegal firearm and carrying a loaded illegal firearm, the DA's office said.

The defendant will be held in jail through the weekend and arraigned in Taunton District Court on Monday morning, the DA's office said.

"Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office, Taunton Police and Homicide Unit prosecutors continue to actively investigate the homicide and no further information on the facts of the case can be disseminated until the defendant is arraigned in open court," the written statement from the DA's office said Friday evening.

The victim, Alvaro J. Andrade, 33, of Taunton, was found suffering from gunshot wounds behind the wheel of an SUV parked in a Winthrop Street driveway Friday morning, the DA's office said.

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What happened?

At 7:50 a.m. Friday morning, July 21, 2023, Taunton Police responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired in the area of 188 Winthrop St.

First responders located the victim sitting in the driver’s seat of a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV parked in the driveway at that address.

"The victim had sustained gunshots wounds and was rushed to Morton Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 9:03 a.m.," the DA's office said.

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When was Taunton's last homicide and where does that case stand?

This is the city's first homicide in nearly two years, the district attorney's office said.

The last homicide in Taunton was on Aug. 29, 2021, when 86-year-old Edmund Silveira, 8, allegedly shot his wife Dianne Silveira, 71, in a jealous rage in after she fled to the driveway of the couple's Bay Street home.

That case is still open and pending, Miliote said Friday afternoon.

This article originally appeared on The Taunton Daily Gazette: Taunton homicide: Alvaro Andrade found shot in SUV on Winthrop Street