Brockton police investigate shooting, victim may have been trying to repossess car

Gunshots rang out in the early morning hours on Willow Street in Brockton on Tuesday. Police said a man in his 30’s was shot outside a home around 6:30 a.m., startling neighbors.

“Four loud shots. Like four or five. I was like those are definitely gunshots. It woke me up for sure,” one neighbor said.

Police said the victim made his way to an apartment building on North Main Street and asked a neighbor for help.

Officers apply tourniquet

“The victim, who had a leg injury, called from nearby on North Main Street. Officers quickly applied a tourniquet before Brockton Fire and ambulance arrived. He was taken to a Boston hospital. He appears to be doing OK,” Brockton police spokesperson Darren Duarte said…

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