2 people dead in connected Worcester shootings that shut down I-190 for hours Boston 25 News [Video]

WORCESTER, Mass. — Authorities are continuing to investigate connected shootings in Worcester that left two people dead and forced the closure of both sides of Interstate 190 for hours on Wednesday.

Officers responding to Heroult Road around 2:20 p.m. for a report of a person shot found a man suffering from serious injuries, according to the Worcester Police Department.

The victim, whose name hasn’t been released, was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Neighborhood residents say they heard gunshots and then saw the victim lying in the bushes near a home.

“We just saw gun smoke and then the girls that live down the street came over and said they saw somebody running from the scene,” one resident recalled.

After the shooting, a Massachusetts State Police trooper approached another man who was “acting suspiciously.” Police said that the man then took out a gun, fired a round, and fled on foot.

Officers were later dispatched to the northbound side of I-190, not far from Heroult Road, …