Opinion ID: 203446
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Alcides Depina Shooting

Text: On the night of May 14, 1999, Jimmy Gomes's brother Alcides Depina was walking towards Gomes's home in Brockton when he noticed an Acura driving slowly towards him with its lights off. A man in a blue jogging suit emerged from the passenger side of the car and ran towards Depina. As Depina ran away, he saw a red beam shining over his shoulder and heard multiple gunshots. Depina managed to reach Gomes's house safely, and the shooter ran back towards the car. Within minutes, the police responded to calls about the shooting and detained a black Acura at a nearby gas station. Police officers took Depina to the gas station to make a field identification. There, Depina confirmed that the police had detained the black Acura and the man in the blue track suit that had earlier chased him. The man in the track suit turned out to be Stonehurst member Manuel J Lopes. Depina also identified the driver of the vehicle as Angelo Brandao, whom he knew because their mothers were acquainted. Police arrested Brandao and Manuel Lopes and impounded the Acura. A police officer conducting an inventory search of the car at the station house discovered a 9mm Ruger with an attached laser sight concealed behind a panel in the glove compartment. The gun was loaded and the safety was off. Three ballisticians later determined that the gun had been used in the Depina shooting, the -7- Dias shooting, and another shooting in which two Stonehurst members attacked a Wendover member.