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Law enforcement officers arrested a fugitive Thursday morning who was wanted in connection with a June 2024 shootout at a Brockton house party, according to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office.
In February 2025, a federal grand jury indicted 26-year-old Brockton resident Romeo Miller and three other Brockton men in connection with the shootout, the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a press release .
Miller was captured early Thursday morning in Taunton, and the other three men — 33-year-old Natalio Miranda, 28-year-old Jonathan Alves and 25-year-old Jahleil Monteiro — remain in federal custody. Brockton police responded to the shootout around 1:45 a.m.
on June 2, 2024 after receiving a call reporting gunfire at a home, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
At the scene, officers found a large crowd gathered outside the home and numerous shell casings scattered throughout the front yard and driveway. A 31-year-old woman was shot in the chest during the shootout, but she was taken to a hospital and survived, the U.S.
Attorney’s office said. Security video from the home showed that a house party at the home had led to a fight in the driveway and then a shootout between the victim and Miranda, Miller and Alves, the U.S.
Attorney’s office. Miranda could be seen letting loose several bursts of bullets from an automatic weapon in the front yard before leaving the scene, and Miller and Alves were shown firing towards the victim from the driveway. Later on, Miller can be seen crossing the street to hide behind a parked car, where he is alleged to have shot the victim in the chest, the U.
S. Attorney’s office said. Miller is then shown returning to the driveway and passing his gun to Monteiro before the two drive away in separate cars.
At the time of the shooting, Miranda was on supervised release in connection with a federal fentanyl distribution conspiracy conviction, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
He also has a prior state cocaine distribution conviction. Additionally, at the time of the shooting, Miller and Monteiro were on probation for prior state convictions for charges including unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a high capacity feeding device, assault and battery on a police officer and fentanyl distribution, the U.S.
Attorney’s office said. Alves has a prior state drug possession with intent to distribute conviction. Miller, Miranda and Alves are charged with felon in possession of ammunition in connection with the shooting, the U.
S. Attorney’s office said. Miranda is also facing a charge of possession of a machine gun, and Monteiro is facing a charge of being an accessory after the fact to a felon.
A felon in possession of ammunition charge provides for a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
A possession of a machine gun charge provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Miller is being held pending a hearing on May 5, the U.S.
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