BROCKTON — Authorities are investigating a shooting that killed one person and sent a second to the hospital.
Police and fire officials responded to reports of shots fired at the Madrid Square Condos in Brockton shortly after midnight.
The Plymouth County District Attorney’s office says no arrests have been made and identified the deceased victim as 31-year-old Jamari Leblanc of Brockton.
The second person is not identified and is being treated at Good Samaritan Medical Center with unspecified injuries.
Brockton police and the DA’s office continue to investigate the shooting.
Brockton is approximately 25 miles southeast of Boston.
BOSTON — Boston is hosting a gathering of mayors from across the world focused on climate change.
The International Mayors Climate Summit takes place June 7 at Boston University and is billed as an opportunity for city executives and other leaders to share strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change.
The event is being organized by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s office and will feature remarks from former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator John Kerry and Gina McCarthy, a former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Both are Massachusetts natives who served under Democratic President Barack Obama.
The event comes one day before Walsh, also a Democrat, hosts the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual meeting from June 8 to 11.
NORTHAMPTON — Police have seized nearly 400 chickens and roosters from what they’re calling an illegal cockfighting operation on a western Massachusetts farm.
The birds were removed from a barn at Ravenwold Greenhouses in Northampton by police and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Friday.
Animal control officers discovered signs of cockfighting during a barn inspection, including a large number of roosters, gloves used during fights and a bag of medication commonly used to cockfight.
Other hints included roosters with sharpened spurs and an area with blood splatters. State law prohibits anyone from training animals for cockfighting.
The farm’s owner says he rented the space to another person and had never been inside.
Police continue to investigate the alleged operation. No suspects have been arrested.
BOSTON — The story of a man who found success in the corporate world after struggling through the foster care system is the focus of a movie being shown in Boston and hundreds of theaters across the country.
“A Chance in the World” is being screened Wednesday at theaters in Boston and other cities as part of a one-night event marking National Foster Care Month.
The film is based on a memoir of the same name by Steve Pemberton, a New Bedford native who has held executive roles at Boston College, Monster.com and Walgreens.
The movie traces Pemberton’s escape from an abusive foster family and his search for his biological family. It’s written and directed by Mark Vadik and stars Terrell Ransom Jr., Nicholas Turturro, Tom Sizemore and Cynda Williams.