Overview
- Firefighters entered a Central Street home where smoke was showing and removed a 31-year-old man who was burned and unresponsive; he later died at a hospital.
- The victim was identified by the Norfolk district attorney's office as Gerald Green and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death.
- Responders were sent after a single 9-1-1 call that hung up and Stoughton officials say that call prompted the initial response around 5:45 p.m.
- A gun was found inside the house and the State Fire Marshal's investigators joined the Norfolk DA's office to examine whether the fire was intentionally set.
- Parts of Central Street were closed during the probe but police said there is no ongoing risk to the public as investigators continue interviews, forensics, and ballistics work.