Zell Gets 50 Years to Life in New Bedford Shooting Rampage

FALL RIVER (WBSM) — The Mattapoisett man who shot and killed one man, seriously injured another, and then opened fire on police officers on the day after Thanksgiving in 2020 has been sentenced to up to life in state prison.

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that Jon Zell, 23, was convicted Wednesday, November 19 of first degree murder after a jury trial in Fall River Superior Court.

Zell was also found guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, three counts of assault to murder, firearms charges, and larceny from a building…

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