Overview
- Police responded just after 8:30 a.m. Sunday to 26 Beacon Street after multiple 911 calls about a disturbance and found a 47-year-old woman with a gunshot wound who was taken to a hospital and later died.
- The victim has been identified by her family as Jackie Berry, 47, who relatives said was loving and devoted to her family.
- The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office charged Berry’s husband, Sean Brewer, 58, with manslaughter and an arraignment is expected in East Boston district court on Tuesday.
- Winthrop police say a person was quickly detained at the scene, the people involved knew one another, the shooting does not appear random, and state police detectives assigned to the DA are helping with evidence collection.
- Investigators continue to gather video and witness statements as the community processes the loss and the case moves into criminal proceedings that will determine next legal steps.