Johnson Court shooting kills 21-year-old Brockton man

The Brockton Post
BROCKTON--State and Brockton Police are looking for suspects in a shooting that left a 21-year-old man dead yesterday afternoon.
Russ Eonas, a spokesman for the Plymouth County District Attorney's office, said police have not arrested any suspects in connection with a shooting at 10 Johnson Court that killed 21-year-old Anthony Hamilton.
"At this time we have no suspects and no one has been arrested," Eonas said.
Eonas said at this time there is no information on how many times Hamilton was shot or where he might have been hit.
Witnesses said shots rang out in the neighborhood near Johnson Court and N. Main Street, near Gowell's Candy Store, at about 1 p.m. yesterday.
Several said they heard up to 10 rapid fire shots .
Dozens of residents came out of their houses to see what was happening, including family and friends of the victim who were crying and hugging near police cars and on sidewalks as law enforcement officials blocked off the area with yellow tape and searched for suspects.
Observers said Hamilton's bullet ridden body was still sprawled on the front steps of the three-story house where he was gunned down, shot in the head several times.
Several witnesses said a teenaged boy, possibly between 14 and 17, was handcuffed and taken into custody by police.
Eonas said he did not have any information on the teenager and repeated no suspects had been identified or arrested.
Frank Fortes, a Rutland Street resident living blocks away from the crime scene, said when he went to pick up his son Justin at a nearby school he ran into a glut of Brockton Police and State Police cruisers and ambulances blocking off streets surrounding Johnson Court and N. Main Street.
Fortes said as he circled the area he saw a large German shepherd sniffing the area and obviously searching for suspects. Moments later a State Police officer placed a leash on the dog and put the shepherd in a vehicle.
He said his neighbor heard 10 gun shots before police and ambulance sirens began arriving in the area.
Fortes, who was at home during the shooting, did not hear the shots, and as he held his son in his arms, said while the neighborhood has its problems, generally it is troublefree and worried about young people in the city.
"This is too close for comfort," Fortes said.