Police seek Brockton man in fatal shooting of 22-year-old Connecticut woman

BROCKTON — Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man they say fatally shot a woman inside a car early Friday morning, prosecutors said.

Officers responded to the scene, located near 17 Nason St., about 12:22 a.m. after receiving a call that a person was shot.

"Upon arrival at the address, police located a female victim inside a parked motor vehicle suffering from an apparent gunshot," the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said in a written statement.

The victim, identified as 22-year-old Stephanie Beatty, of Norwich, Connecticut, was pronounced dead at the scene, the DA's office said.

As a result of the investigation by Brockton police and Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Plymouth County DA's office, detectives sought and obtained an arrest warrant for Gelson Fernandes, 29, of Brockton, charging him with murder, the DA's office said.

"The victim and Fernandes were previously acquainted," the DA's office said in the statement.

Police were still seeking Fernandes as of Friday afternoon.

The incident marks the second fatal shooting in Brockton this week.

Tuesday's fatal shooting:Brockton man, 35, dies in hospital after Tuesday shooting

The DA's office said Thursday afternoon that the first victim, Marvin Hill, 35, of Brockton, died after he was shot near 28 Lexington St. at 6:17 p.m. Tuesday evening.

Hill was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, then flown by medical helicopter to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he later died around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday.

The shootings occurred in residential neighborhoods less than two miles from each other, but police have not said whether the incidents are believed to be connected.

The investigations are ongoing.

Enterprise staff writer Amelia Stern can be reached by email at astern@enterprisenews.com.