Suspect charged in Springfield double murder

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – A Springfield man has been charged in connection with a deadly double shooting.

Peyton North, spokesperson for the Hampden District Attorney, said that Springfield Police responded to the 0-100 block of Hebron Street on the morning of April 2 for a report of two shooting victims. Both victims, identified as 55-year-old Noe Martin and 36-year-old Justin Santiago, both of Springfield, were taken to Baystate Medical Center where they died from their injuries.

Investigators applied for and were granted an arrest warrant for 34-year-old Bobby Rivera of Springfield in connection with a carjacking that occurred shortly after the shooting. He was arrested on May 30 on carjacking charges.

North added that Rivera was later identified as a suspect in the murders and he was a warrant in connection with that case on July 9 while he was in custody at the Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow.

Rivera was arraigned Thursday on several charges including two counts of murder, one count of carrying a firearm without a license, one count of carrying a loaded firearm while loaded, one count of discharging a firearm within 500 feet of building, and larceny under $1,200. He was ordered held without the right to bail and is due back in court on August 12.

The case remains under investigation by the Springfield Police homicide unit, in conjunction with the Hampden District Attorney’s murder unit.