A Brockton man was killed early Saturday morning in a shooting outside Dylan's Pub and Grille on Centre Street. The shooting investigation remains very active
BROCKTON — A city man was gunned down outside a bar early Saturday morning – the first homicide of the year.
Police responded to Dylan's Pub and Grille, at 789 Centre St., about 2:02 a.m. for a report of a shooting. The bar is located just east of Quincy Street, about a half-mile from the Abington town line.
When police arrived, they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was treated at the scene and then rushed by ambulance to Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, where he died shortly after.
Friends who were at the bar identified the shooting victim to the newspaper as 42-year-old David J. "PuPa" Carroll. The district attorney's office confirmed the victim's identity shortly after noon.
Mayor Bill Carpenter confirmed the fatal shooting to The Enterprise on Saturday morning.
"It appears that outside of the establishment, around closing time, a male was shot," he told The Enterprise. "He did die from the gunshot wound."
The mayor said police did not respond to any reports of problems or incidents inside the bar throughout the night. People who were at Dylan's on Friday night and into Saturday morning said there was a birthday party inside.
"This appears to be patrons from an establishment outside in the parking lot at closing – some type of dispute or altercation erupts that ends in gunfire," Carpenter said.
No arrests had been made in the shooting as of noon, but the mayor said he was confident the case would be solved.
"It's been described to me that they do have leads," Carpenter said. "I do believe they are going to get this one solved."
Beth Stone, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Timothy Cruz, said police received several 911 calls reporting the shooting. She said Carroll was found "suffering from multiple gunshot wounds."
All bars that serve alcohol in the city are required to have outside cameras. The mayor said police are reviewing video in this case.
The investigation remains active and ongoing by State Police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County district attorney's office and Brockton police detectives.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting is urged to contact State Police detectives at 508-894-2600 or Brockton police at 508-941-0234.
Dylan's Pub is a popular city bar that just re-opened in early December after it was closed for six months for a change of ownership. It is now owned by Paul J. Fuhs, who declined to comment about the shooting, other than saying it happened outside.
"We do not have a history of any problems at the establishment," Carpenter said. "I'm frustrated and I'm angry, but even with our gun violence trending down, we are going to have incidents as long as there are guns out there on the streets."
The shooting is the first homicide of 2018, after seven people were killed in the city last year.
This is a breaking story that will be updated.