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Two Indicted in Separate Worcester County Brother Shooting Deaths

Prosecutors move the murder case to Superior Court with a Friday arraignment set.

Overview

  • The Worcester County District Attorney announced the indictments on Wednesday, noting they were returned last week.
  • Christopher Lacour, 33, of Northbridge, was indicted on manslaughter and assault-and-battery-with-a-dangerous-weapon in the May 21 shooting of his brother, Jonathan, 36.
  • Police found Jonathan Lacour with a gunshot wound at a Northbridge home, and he died later at a nearby hospital.
  • In an unrelated case, Michael Wilcox Jr., of Worcester, was indicted on murder in the June 18 shooting of his brother, Shaun Tatum, 46, who died the next day after being found on Beacon Street.
  • Wilcox was previously arraigned on six charges, and his indictment is being transferred to Worcester County Superior Court for an arraignment scheduled Friday.