A night out in Lawrence, Massachusetts for 27-year-old Hugo Delrosario, a Black male, ended in tragedy in the early morning hours of Saturday, September 13, 2025. Just after 2 a.m., the vibrant sounds of the Acqua Nightclub on Essex Street were pierced by gunfire. Lawrence Police responded to calls of a shooting and discovered Delrosario on the sidewalk at 154 Essex Street.
Despite the immediate response and life-saving efforts by paramedics, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
As the city awoke, the area outside the nightclub had transformed into a crime scene. Investigators from the Lawrence Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit cordoned off the block, meticulously gathering evidence and seeking out any witnesses who might have seen the events unfold. The Essex County District Attorney's office later confirmed Delrosario's identity and the violent nature of his death.
In the days that followed, authorities publicly announced that the investigation into Hugo Delrosario's death was active and ongoing. Despite their efforts, no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting, and no suspects have been identified publicly. The motive behind the deadly encounter on Essex Street remains a central question for investigators. While other arrests were made in Lawrence that same weekend for a separate incident, they were not connected to Delrosario's case. The community was left to mourn the loss of a young man as his family made funeral arrangements, his life cut short by an act of gun violence that remains unsolved.
