Victim in Chicopee homicide identified

January 6, 2022 -Springfield- On Monday, January 3, 2022 at approximately 10:30 p.m. Chicopee Police Officers responded to 190 East Street for a report of a single vehicle crash.  As officers arrived they located an adult male, who appeared to be suffering from a gunshot wound, the responding officer rendered  first aid until the victim was transported to Baystate Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased a short time later.

The victim has been identified as Mr. Kelvin Cruz-Lopez, 23, of Chicopee.

This is an on-going investigation being conducted by the Chicopee Police Department, Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, and the Hampden District Attorney’s Office’s Murder Unit.

Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni expresses his sympathies to Mr. Cruz-Lopez’s family.

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