2nd Murder Charge After July Worcester Shooting

Worcester MA

05 February, 2021

12:41 PM

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WORCESTER, MA — A New Jersey man has become the second person charged with murder following the death of a shooting victim last month. Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said Anthony Negron, 26, of Camden, N.J., pleaded not guilty to a single murder charge on Friday. Negron was ordered held without bail. Earlier this week, Jose Merced, 32, of Worcester was arrested charged with murder in the death of Luis Tiru-Romero. He was shot on July 9 along Mount Pleasant St., but died on Jan. 30 at a hospice in New York. Both Negron and Merced were previously arraigned on charges of assault and battery in connection to the July shooting.