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On the night of July 20, 2020, shots were reported on Collins Lane in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Officers found 45-year-old Damian Anderson of New Bedford in the middle of the dead-end street with multiple gunshot wounds; he was later pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital. The shooting triggered a criminal investigation that produced arrests.
A man, Norman Dias, was found hiding in woods near the scene and initially questioned and released; investigators later developed probable cause and located him in Boston, where he was taken into custody. Authorities also identified a second suspect, 33-year-old Christopher L. Strickland of North Carolina. In February 2021 both men were arraigned in Barnstable Superior Court and charged with murder and several firearms offenses, including carrying a firearm without a license and conspiracy to commit murder; Dias also faced accessory after the fact. Both were ordered held without bail after arraignment.
Does anyone have information about Damian Anderson or the events on Collins Lane that night?