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New Bedford Police were alerted to a ShotSpotter activation in the area of Acushnet Avenue and Russell Street, and officers found evidence of shots fired.

Mass DPH has notified the New Bedford Health Department of a skunk that has tested positive for rabies in the area of the “Poor Farm" in the city's South End.

Calixto Smith brandished a knife but was chased off by a man with a baseball bat, the DA's office said.

An arrest has been made in connection to the fatal shooting of a New Bedford man in the city’s South End.

Prosecutors say Bruno Lopes and Kevin Rocha entered the building together, and that Rocha pointed a gun at the occupant "with the intent to rob." Rocha ended up dead, and two men are charged.

Evidence of gunfire was found and a victim who was shot in the leg appeared at St. Luke's Hospital, police said.

Firefighters were dispatched to an apartment building at 135 Dartmouth St. in the South End.

Organizers said police in riot gear stepped back and dispersed after conversing with community leaders.

Crews this morning (June 12) are battling a two-alarm structure fire at 29 Ashley Street near the corner of Ruth Street in the South End of New Bedford.
Around 9:30 a.m. scanner traffic indicated that New Bedford Fire Department ladder trucks were on the scene of a three-story vacant wood-frame apart…

The decision was made last month by Fire Chief Paul Coderre as part of a plan to end the 'rolling blackout' policy of shutting fire stations around the city.