Marshfield: Reports of shots fired leads to arrest of Cape Cod man

An East Falmouth man is under arrest and facing charges in connection with a shooting incident in Marshfield on Monday afternoon.

26-year-old Nicholas Lynch was arrested in Mashpee – police allege he was involved in an altercation with another man at “The Village at Marshfield” apartments just off of Route 139, when reports came in of “shots fired.”

Photos by Steven Dodrill

A resident of the apartment complex called police around 2:08 pm to report a fight had occured and a man was seen leaving the area with a gun.

Marshfield police spoke with the victim in his apartment, who identified Lynch as the suspect. The victim said Lynch attacked him in his apartment, brandishing a hand-gun, hitting him over the head with it. The handgun discharged, with a bullet going throught the wall of the victim’s apartment and into a neighbor’s apartment. No one was hit with the stray gun shot.

Local and Massachusetts State Police were on the hunt for the suspect’s car – a 1999 honda which was seen heading towards Route 3 after the incident. Mashpee Police were able to arrest lynch at his job in Mashpee later the same day.

Lynch is facing a number of charges including: armed home invasion, assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, use of a firearm while committing a felony,illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.

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