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The Pittsfield Police Department is investigating the apparent Tuesday night homicide of city resident Jeric Black.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that 32-year-old Reymon Delacruz-Batista died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.

Neighbors in the area of the homicide say they’re concerned with some of the troubling things that have been happening in the neighborhood.

Authorities arrested a juvenile for homicide in the death of Benjamin Martinez, 34, of Springfield. The State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, Adams Police, North Adams Police, and the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office investigated the suspicious death of Martinez in an apartment at 1 East Hoosac Street in Adams.

Steele-Knudslien gave no statement during the hearing before John Judge Agostini and said nothing apart from answering a series of standard questions posed to him to ensure that he was pleading voluntarily with knowledge of the rights he was giving up by doing so.