Whitey Ford
11-03-2023, 08:14 PM
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SALEM - Missael Pena Canela, the 18-year-old charged in the shooting death of Salem State basketball player Carl-Hens Beliard, pleaded not guilty Thursday as new details in the case were revealed.
Canela was arraigned on a murder charge in Salem District Court and was ordered held without bail. He was arrested Wednesday, several hours after Beliard was found wounded in his crashed car on Forest Avenue in Salem, not far from campus. He was rushed to a hospital where he died.
At the arraignment Thursday, prosecutor Erin Bellavia said a woman was in the car with Beliard when he was shot. The prosecutor said the woman had an "on again, off again" relationship with Canela. Bellavia told the court Canella later admitted he was looking for the woman and fired at the car as it drove away from him.
Beliard was a freshman on a full scholarship at Salem State and was just a week away from playing in his first college game.
"He loved basketball so much. He loved his brother. He was a happy kid," she told WBZ-TV. "He was really happy. He was really happy with the school. He was doing well."
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/missael-pena-canela-murder-salem-state-basketball-player-shooting-death-carl-hens-beliard-worcester/
SALEM - Missael Pena Canela, the 18-year-old charged in the shooting death of Salem State basketball player Carl-Hens Beliard, pleaded not guilty Thursday as new details in the case were revealed.
Canela was arraigned on a murder charge in Salem District Court and was ordered held without bail. He was arrested Wednesday, several hours after Beliard was found wounded in his crashed car on Forest Avenue in Salem, not far from campus. He was rushed to a hospital where he died.
At the arraignment Thursday, prosecutor Erin Bellavia said a woman was in the car with Beliard when he was shot. The prosecutor said the woman had an "on again, off again" relationship with Canela. Bellavia told the court Canella later admitted he was looking for the woman and fired at the car as it drove away from him.
Beliard was a freshman on a full scholarship at Salem State and was just a week away from playing in his first college game.
"He loved basketball so much. He loved his brother. He was a happy kid," she told WBZ-TV. "He was really happy. He was really happy with the school. He was doing well."
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/missael-pena-canela-murder-salem-state-basketball-player-shooting-death-carl-hens-beliard-worcester/