Victim Identified in New Bedford Homicide

NEW BEDFORD — The victim of the fatal shooting early this morning at 17 Margin Street in New Bedford has been identified by the office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III as 25-year-old Keven Rocha of New Bedford.

The New Bedford Police, Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney's office and Homicide Unit prosecutors continue to actively investigate this homicide, the D.A.'s Office said in a release.

Rocha was shot to death in the South End of New Bedford sometime early this morning between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m.

New Bedford Police responded to 17 Margin Street and discovered Rocha had been fatally shot inside the multi-family building, the DA's office said.