On a February afternoon in 2017, 46-year-old Juan Moreta Perello was shot near his home on Avon Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Shortly before 4:00 p.m. on February 16, a man approached Perello and opened fire. A chase followed down the street with the assailant continuing to shoot. Lawrence Police arrived around 4:01 p.m. and found Perello near Trinity and Avon Streets. He was taken to Lawrence General Hospital and later pronounced dead; investigators reported he had been shot ten times.

The investigation identified Justin Hollingsworth of Mattapan as a person of interest. Surveillance video and cell phone data placed a car registered to Hollingsworth in the area of Avon and Wilmot Streets for hours on the day of the shooting and on days before. Witness statements and video footage reportedly showed a man matching Hollingsworth’s description approaching Perello just before the shooting began.

If anyone has information about Juan Moreta Perello, his movements that afternoon, or the presence of the vehicle near Avon and Wilmot Streets, please come forward.