Hampden DA: Chicopee shooting victim ID’d

CHICOPEE — A Chicopee man shot in the driveway of a home last week who later succumbed to his injuries has been identified, officials said Tuesday.

At 2:22 p.m. on Sept. 23, Chicopee police responded to a report of a shooting in the 0-100 block of Dayton Street, where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where he later died, according to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office.

The victim was Richard J. Kogut, of Chicopee, the DA’s Office said in a statement. He was 59.

Investigators reviewed footage of the shooting and identified a person they believe is tied to the shooting.

Timothy Lynch, 27, of Chicopee, was arraigned last Wednesday in Chicopee District Court on one count of murder, possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building and possession with intent to distribute a Class B drug.

Lynch is being held without the right to bail.

His next date in Chicopee District Court is Nov. 10 for a pretrial conference.

Lynch previously was arrested in 2020 after he allegedly punched and kicked a 66-year-old man following a dispute in a parking lot. Twenty-two at the time, Lynch was charged with assault and battery with injuries on a person 60 or older and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person 60 or older.

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