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Eight Shot, One Killed at Massachusetts House Party — Gunman Still on the Run

Zirovick Depina, 22, died and seven others were wounded when gunfire erupted at a Taunton house party early Sunday; investigators found shell casings along nearby railroad tracks.

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The Weekly Observer

SEP 7, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
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Eight Shot, One Killed at Massachusetts House Party — Gunman Still on the Run
Illustrative photo of a police patrol car with emergency lights at night. Not an image from the scene of the reported Taunton shooting. (Zoe Askew/Unsplash)

Eight people were shot — one fatally — when gunfire tore through a house party in Taunton, Massachusetts, in the early hours of Sunday morning, and the shooter remained at large as of Monday, police said.

Taunton police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired near Weir and Sumner streets around 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn confirmed that 22-year-old Zirovick Depina of Brockton was killed, one other victim was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, and the remaining six suffered injuries not considered life-threatening, according to CBS Boston.

Shell casings found along nearby railroad tracks

Investigators recovered shell casings along railroad tracks behind the house where the party was held, suggesting the shots may have been fired from that vantage point into the crowd, per reporting from The Boston Globe. No arrests had been announced by Monday morning, and authorities have not released a description of a suspect.

THE INVESTIGATION IS ACTIVE AND ONGOING — BRISTOL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

Taunton, a city of roughly 60,000 people about 40 miles south of Boston, sees far less gun violence than the state's largest cities, and the scale of Sunday's shooting — eight people hit at a single gathering — has rattled the community. Local officials have not said whether the party was private or open to the public, or whether the victims and the shooter knew one another.

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office and Taunton Police are asking anyone with information, including cellphone video from the party, to come forward. The investigation remains active, and no motive had been publicly identified as of Monday morning.

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