Overview
- The shooting, reported Wednesday around 3 p.m. inside 11 Willow St. near the Simonds Hall apartments, left a 36-year-old man in critical condition.
- Police later took 39-year-old Taylor Gordon into custody after a multi-agency search that involved Massachusetts State Police crisis negotiators.
- Court records show Gordon was set to be arraigned Thursday on seven charges, including armed assault with intent to murder and unlawful carrying of a firearm.
- A police report says an argument over stolen prescription pills led to the attack, and a single shot struck the victim’s face.
- Fitchburg State University police responded near campus housing, and school officials said the case does not involve university people or property.