Officials identify victim of West Springfield homicide

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Authorities have released the name of the victim in a Wednesday homicide in West Springfield.

Jim Leydon, spokesperson for the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, said that West Springfield Police were called to a reported disturbance on the 500 block of Riverdale Road around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they found a woman, identified as 43-year-old Angela Mercado of Springfield, suffering from a gunshot wound.

Mercado was taken to Baystate Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

Leydon added that a suspect in the case, 37-year-old Roman Holguin of Springfield, was arrested Wednesday on a murder charge. He was arraigned Thursday in Springfield District Court and is being held without the right to bail.

The case remains under investigation by West Springfield Police, State Police detectives assigned to the D.A.’s office, and the D.A.’s murder unit.