On the evening of May 26, 2025, 21-year-old Kimberl Gedeon was found on the sidewalk at Bedford Street and South Seventh Street in New Bedford with multiple gunshot wounds. First responders reached the scene around 9:10 p.m. and rushed him to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The incident was classified as a homicide.

Local and state investigators took the lead on the case. By mid-July authorities announced a series of arrests: 18-year-old Elias Ramos, 33-year-old William Allen Robinson, and a 17-year-old from Fall River were charged with murder and held without bail; 30-year-old Ahkari Jones of New Bedford was charged as an accessory after the fact to murder and held on high cash bail, with a separate narcotics bail revoked; and two 19-year-old women, Nezziah Davis of New Bedford and Keyshla Martinez Matta of Fall River, were charged with assault and battery by discharge of a firearm and carrying a firearm without a license and held without bail.

Few public details about motive or what led to the shooting have been released. If anyone has information about Kimberl Gedeon, his movements that evening, or witnessed activity near Bedford and South Seventh Streets, please share what is known.