‘blood-covered’ Suspect Arrested After Two People Found Dead - One With Pitchfork Lodged In Back Of Head: Officials

A “blood-covered” fishy has been arrested aft 2 men, 1 pinch a pitchfork lodged successful nan backmost of his head, were recovered dormant successful a coastal Massachusetts city, according to officials.

Vitor Francisco Gomes, a 28-year-old from Fall River, has been accused of murdering 2 young men aft they were recovered dormant adjacent Cook Pond connected nan city’s South End Wednesday night.

The victims, 19-year-old Eduardo Cardosa DaSilva and 20-year-old Pablo Henrique Rocha-Dasilva, were recovered successful a bloody crime scene.

DaSilva was recovered changeable and impaled pinch a pitchfork, The Herald News reported, citing prosecutors. Rocha-Dasilva was shot, dragged retired of a car and bludgeoned pinch a cobblestone, according to prosecutors.

Gomes’ defense attorney, Kenneth Van Cole, has claimed it might’ve been “a self-defense situation,” per The Herald News. The Independent has reached retired to Van Cole for comment.

DaSilva was a local, and Rocha-Dasilva was from Whitman, astir a 50-minute thrust northeast of Fall River. It’s unclear whether nan victims were related.

The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said successful a property release that aft DaSilva and Rocha-Dasilva were recovered by section constabulary bloodied connected nan crushed outside, Massachusetts State Police located Gomes 1 artifact distant “covered successful blood.”

After a short ft chase, troopers caught Gomes, who had a container pinch a weapon and ammunition connected him, according to nan DA’s office.

He was taken into custody and charged pinch 2 counts of murder, unlawful carrying of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.

During his arraignment Thursday, charismatic Dennis Collins claimed that Gomes was astatine his location connected nan nighttime of nan murders erstwhile he sewage into an statement pinch DaSilva that escalated, The Herald News reported.

Gomes allegedly near and returned pinch a gun. When he recovered DaSilva and Rocha-Dasilva successful a car trying to thrust away, Gomes went up to nan driver’s broadside model wherever Rocha-Dasilva was sitting and fired astir 3 shots, Collins claimed.

When DaSilva tried to flee, Gomes allegedly followed him, and much shots were heard.

Gomes’ lawyer said astatine nan arraignment that his clients and his friends had been “doing this informal sparring” earlier DaSilva and Rocha-Dasilva became involved.

“These group were threatening my client. They threatened to termination my customer and threatened to termination my client’s family – each astatine his house,” Van Cole said.

Van Cole insisted, “This is thing wherever 2 strangers came from extracurricular nan area…with sick intent of their own.”

Gomes is being held without bail. He will beryllium backmost successful tribunal connected July 14.