Worcester man indicted on murder charge in brother’s shooting death on city street
A Worcester man has been indicted on charges including murder in the shooting death of his brother , who was found fatally shot on a city sidewalk in June , the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
Last week, a Worcester County grand jury charged 36-year-old Michael Wilcox, Jr., with murder, assault and battery and four firearms charges in connection with the death of 46-year-old Worcester resident Shaun Tatum, the district attorney's office said in a press release.
On June 18, Worcester police responded to Beacon Street and quickly found Tatum lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound, the district attorney's office said. First responders immediately provided medical aid and took him to a nearby hospital, but he was declared dead the next day.
During Wilcox's arraignment in Worcester District Court on June 20, prosecutors said he shot his brother in the upper chest and neck on the sidewalk outside a home at 164 Beacon St. around 7:20 p.m., The Telegram & Gazette reported previously . A witness saw him push his brother before shooting him.
Prosecutors said Wilcox ran from the scene but was arrested by police hours later, the Telegram reported. He pleaded not guilty to the same charges included in the indictment and ordered held without bail during his arraignment.
Wilcox is scheduled to be arraigned in Worcester County Superior Court on Oct. 3, the district attorney's office said.
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