14-07-2025
Man charged in connection with April double slaying in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Police detectives investigating an April double-slaying obtained a warrant to arrest a Springfield man on a charge of carjacking while they continued to investigate the killings.
Police arrested Bobby Rivera on May 30. Days later, law enforcement officials served Rivera, 34, with a murder warrant while he sat detained at Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow, the Hampden District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
The charges — two counts of murder, a count of larceny under $1,200 and some firearm-related charges — were in connection with a shooting on Hebron Street on April 2. That morning, police responded to a report of two people who were shot, and they found two injured men inside a house. Noe Martin and Justin Santiago were taken to Baystate Medical Center, but both died of their injuries. Martin was 55; Santiago was 36.
'As detectives continued their investigation, they identified Rivera as a suspect in the murders,' the District Attorney's Office wrote in a statement. 'On July 8, detectives applied for and were granted a warrant for Rivera's arrest in connection with the Hebron Street homicides.'
The Hampden District Attorney's Office said its murder unit and the Springfield Police homicide unit continue to investigate the incident.
Meanwhile, Rivera is being held without the right to bail. His next court date, a preliminary hearing, is scheduled for Aug. 12.
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