2 deaths in Taunton not connected, police say

TAUNTON, Mass. — Police are investigating two deaths in Taunton.

DEADLY SHOOTING ON HART STREET

The first happened on Hart Street at the Chateau Estates Monday night. The District Attorney said a 23-year-old man was found dead around 8:30 p.m. after police responded for a reported shooting.

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According to police, 24-year-old Nicholas Hoard opened his apartment door that night to find two masked and armed men. The men allegedly forced themselves inside and one held Hoard in a headlock at gunpoint while the other, later identified as 23-year-old Dominique Scott, rummaged through the apartment.

Police say that Hoard was eventually able to disarm the person holding him in a headlock. When Scott returned to the room Hoard was in, the two began fighting.  Hoard ultimately shot Scott one time. The second unidentified suspect fled the scene, which is when Hoard called 911.

STABBING ON MORTON STREET

The second death happened at a home on Morton Street. Police say Nikki Clark called officers just before 6 p.m. and said that she had come home from work to find her fiancee dead in the apartment.

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Police say the victim, 23-year-old Vanessa Courtney, appeared to have been stabbed or slashed to death. Her death is being treated as a homicide.

"Somebody will come find who did this to Vanessa, I know God is with us. This family is good and I know some way, somehow, the stat's going to help us find her. Justice will be served and we will not stop until it is," Clark said,

TWO DEATHS NOT RELATED

The crime scenes were just two and a half miles away from each other. Police say they do not believe the deaths are related.

No further information was immediately available.

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