Worcester PD: Two charged in Feb. 12 shooting death of teen on Shannon Street

Brad Petrishen, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Updated ·2 min read
Shannon Street, where police responded to gunshot reports the morning of Feb. 12.
Shannon Street, where police responded to gunshot reports the morning of Feb. 12.

WORCESTER — A man and woman have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager on Shannon Street earlier this month.

Kidam Oquendo, 21, of Wawecus Road in Worcester, and Alexis Medeiros, 18, of Gardner, were arrested Friday night, according to Worcester police.

Oquendo is charged in the shooting; Medeiros is charged as an accessory.

According to court records, which include a police report, Medeiros drove the gunshot victim to St. Vincent Hospital. Later, when talking to investigators, she denied involvement, saying she was asleep, something police would eventually doubt.

"These statements by Alexis resulted in police wasting valuable time in a murder investigation having to check her false statements," police wrote in report.

Investigators have been pursuing leads since a 17-year-old male was gunned down at 14 Shannon St. the morning of Feb. 12.

The suspects were located by Worcester investigators and members of the State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Squad.

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Oquendo is charged with armed assault to murder, attempted assault and battery by firearm, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID Card, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling and possession of a firearm during a felony, police said.

Medeiros is charged with accessory after the fact and obstruction of justice.

Police have not released the name of the victim, who was pronounced dead at a hospital not long after the 3:15 a.m. shooting

Officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation on Shannon Street — a dead-end street off Dorchester Street — and found evidence of shots fired, but no victim.

Police then checked local hospitals for gunshot victims, learning that a 17-year-old with gunshot wounds was brought in for treatment.

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