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Carter indicted for murder in Monteiro slaying

    Vernon Carter, an alleged member of the New Bedford gang known as United Front, has been indicted for murder by a grand jury in the shooting death of 21-year-old Scott Monteiro Jr.
    Monteiro, a 2007 Wareham High graduate, was shot during a party in a Parkwood Beach home on Sept. 5. He was allegedly trying to stop Carter, an uninvited guest, from robbing 17-year-old Sheldon Santos of a silver necklace and a gold Jesus pendant. According to police, after Monteiro intervened Carter shot him in the head at close range with a hand gun. Monteiro died the following day at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
    The shooting stunned both the Wareham and Onset communities as Monteiro was an extremely popular young man who attended Bristol College and worked as a cook at the Bay Pointe Country Club in Onset. His memorial service on the Onset bluffs drew more than 100 mourners.
    Carter, 20, was also indicted for armed robbery, assault and battery, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and two counts of unlawful possession of ammunition. He has been held without bail since his arrest on Sept. 6.
    According to court records, Carter has a long criminal history, including convictions for assault and battery, larceny, and discharge of a firearm.

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