Worcester PD: Driver who hit Paine Street house after being shot has died

Craig S. Semon, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Updated ·2 min read
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The crash scene the night of April 30.
The crash scene the night of April 30.

WORCESTER — The 19-year-old driver of a sport utility vehicle that slammed into a house on Paine Street last month, moments after he had been shot in the head, has died.

A teenager arrested a week after the shooting faces additional charges in what police are now terming a homicide.

The crash and shooting occurred on April 30 at 73 Paine St., off Harlow Street.

Initial reports indicated it was a motor vehicle crash, but first responders soon learned the driver was suffering from a gunshot wound.

The driver, a male, was rushed to a hospital, where he continued to be treated until this week. Early Friday, the Police Department confirmed the man had died from his injuries. He has not been publicly identified.

On May 9, police said a 16-year-old male had been arrested in connection with the case. The teen, who was not publicly identified, was initially charged with armed assault to murder, possession of a loaded firearm without a license to carry and possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card.

It's the seventh homicide of 2024 in Worcester, a city that saw just six in all of 2023.

  • On April 26, 14-year-old Stering Baptiste Jr. was found with a fatal gunshot wound inside of a Rodney Street apartment. Two 16-year-old males have been arrested in connection with the shooting.

  • On April 13, 24-year-old Bob Nuah was shot to death on Allendale Street. Lino Menjivar, 30, is wanted in connection with the killing. He is considered armed and dangerous.

  • On March 5, 27-year-old Chasity Nuñez and her 11-year-old daughter, Zella, were shot dead in a car parked on Englewood Avenue. Police have arrested two men in connection with the double fatal shooting.

  • On Feb. 14, 24-year-old Vesline Garnier was stabbed to death in an apartment on Douglas Street. Her domestic partner is charged in the case.

  • On Feb. 12, a 17-year-old male was gunned down at 14 Shannon St. A 21-year-old man was arrested in connection with the shooting, and the alleged shooter’s 18-year-old girlfriend was arrested as an accessory after the fact.

The city recorded 12 homicides in 2022, seven in 2021, nine in 2020, 13 in 2019, five in 2018 and five in 2017.

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