Crime & Safety

3 Worcester Residents Charged In Shooting Investigation

A trio of Worcester residents were charged in connection to a shooting that occurred near Southbridge Street in Auburn.

3 Worcester residents were charged in connection to a shooting that occurred earlier this month. Felix Toledo-Caraballo, Alwin Cordero and Jariel Santos were all booked following an extensive investigation of shots fired near Southbridge Street in Auburn.
3 Worcester residents were charged in connection to a shooting that occurred earlier this month. Felix Toledo-Caraballo, Alwin Cordero and Jariel Santos were all booked following an extensive investigation of shots fired near Southbridge Street in Auburn. (Samantha Mercado/Patch)

WORCESTER, MA -The Auburn Police Department (APD) announced that several Worcester residents have been charged in connection to a shooting investigation.

Just after 2 a.m. on March 8, Auburn officers arrived at 65 Southbridge Street after a report of shots fired in the area. They found a man with a gunshot wound in the shoulder amidst people fleeing the area. He was administered aid and transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

60 shell casings of varying calibers were found, indicating that multiple guns were fired. A pair of handguns were found discarded in the brush, and detectives identified numerous witnesses.

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4 additional firearms were found in the building at 65 Southbridge, and after finding copious amounts of evidence detectives arrested six individuals.

Felix Toledo-Caraballo, 21, Alwin Codero, 18 and Jariel Santos, 18, were all arrested between March 14-17. They received the following charges:

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  • Toledo-Caraballo was charged with Possession of a Firearm Without an LTC (his second offense), Possession of Ammunition Without an LTC and Discharging a Firearm Within 500 Feet of a Dwelling.
  • Cordero was charged with Possession of a Firearm Without an LTC and Possession of Ammunition Without an LTC.
  • Santos was charged with two counts of Possession of a Firearm Without an LTC and Possession of Ammunition Without an LTC.

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