SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – An Agawam man has pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2023 death of a Springfield man.

Payton North, spokesperson for the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, said that 27-year-old Jared Dewberry of Agawam entered the plea on a manslaughter charge last Wednesday in Hampden County Superior Court.

In the early morning hours of August 10, 2023, Springfield Police responded to a report of gunfire in the area of 551 East Columbus Avenue. When they arrived, they found 25-year-old Gary White of Springfield suffering from several gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that he died as a result of those shooting injuries.

North noted that surveillance video reportedly showed Dewberry and White

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