Crime & Safety

Police Identify Two Men Wanted In Connection To Norwood Homicide

Norwood police are asking for the public's help in locating two men they say are wanted in connection to Sunday's drive-by deadly shooting.

Norwood Police Chief William Brooks says the two men have ties in Cambridge.
Norwood Police Chief William Brooks says the two men have ties in Cambridge. (Norwood Police Department)

NORWOOD, MA — Police have identified two men wanted in connection with Sunday's fatal drive-by shooting on Sturtevant Avenue in Norwood.

Shakim Lewis-Johnson, 28, of Hyde Park, was shot multiple times outside of a friend's house on Sturtevant Avenue around 5 p.m. Sunday night.

Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey is now asking for help from the public in finding Ernest Payne, 27, of Cambridge, and Anthony Loper-Feaster, 25, of Salem.

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Norwood Police Chief William G. Brooks says the two are likely armed and urges the public not to approach them.

Brooks says the two men have ties in Cambridge and a search around Cambridge Friday morning left officers with no new information on their whereabouts.

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Investigators are also looking for a white 2014 Honda Accord with New Hampshire license plates that read "485328."

On Sunday, Sept. 19, Norwood police found Lewis-Johnson alive but seriously injured at the scene. Police say witnesses heard five to six gunshots before tires screeching away.

Lewis-Johnson was immediately flown by medical helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital but did not survive the surgery, prosecutors said in a statement Monday.

Local and state police are still investigating the shooting.

Anyone with any information on Payne or Loper-Feaster is asked to contact Norwood Police.

This is a developing story, check back for more information.

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