A 24-year-old Bedford woman was arrested Thursday after allegedly killing her mother and seriously injuring her father in a double shooting, the Middlesex District Attorney announced. DA Marian Ryan in a press conference said police first responded to the scene on Washington Street after receiving a 911 call near 9 a.m. The caller said the woman had reentered a home where she was living and confessed to the shooting.
When the caller went outside, Ryan said, they found a 56-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man injured in a car on an adjacent lawn. Ryan said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Ryan said authorities recovered a gun at the scene and arrested Jessica Cavallaro in connection with the shooting.
Parents shot in car
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said 24-year-old Jessica Cavallaro shot her parents inside a car outside a home on Washington Street just after 9 a.m. Her 56-year-old mother died. Her father, age 55, was rushed to a hospital with what Ryan said were life-threatening injuries.
The D.A. said Cavallaro lives in the house with her boyfriend’s family. After the shooting, Ryan said Cavallaro went into the home and told someone to call 911. A handgun was found at the scene. Cavallaro did not have a license for the gun, the D.A. said.
Murder charge
Cavallaro is charged with one count of murder and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and unlawful possession of a firearm. She will be arraigned in Concord District Court Thursday afternoon. Ryan said Cavallaro’s parents live elsewhere in Bedford and it’s not clear yet why they were at their daughter’s home Thursday morning. There’s no word yet on a motive for the shooting.
“Horrific incidents”
“As all of you know, I’ve seen you much too often lately,” Ryan told reporters at a news conference. “These are horrific incidents of domestic violence. They also point to what we talk about all the time, which is the prevalence of guns and the availability of firearms. Many of the incidents we’ve had in the last few weeks, last couple of months, have involved firearms in the hands of people who should not have had them.”
Bedford Police said Washington Street will be closed for the afternoon.
