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Three Pittsfield Men Arrested For Sunday Night Shooting
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Police arrested three men for a Sunday evening shooting.
Police arrested Jose "Chewy" Torres, 36, Dashine Moore, 38, and Juan Garcia-Rijos, 24, on Thursday night. The three are being held in related to a shooting on Memorial Drive Sunday night.
Police say at about 8:30 p.m. a vehicle on Memorial Drive was struck by gunfire. There were no injuries reported. The investigation led to the arrest warrants of the three Pittsfield men.
Over the course of two hours on Thursday night, Police, the Sheriff's Department, and the officers from the department's anti-crime unit arrest all three without incident. They were arranged in Central Berkshire District Court on Friday.
Sunday's shooting was the first in three consecutive days with violent crime incidents. On Monday, a man was stabbed on Tyler Street. In that case, Miguel Rivera-Montes and Iris J. Berrios-Burgos were both arrested and charged. On Tuesday, a man was shot and killed on John Street. There has been no word on an arrest in that case.