SWANSEA, Mass. - An apparent murder-suicide Sunday took the lives of a Swansea resident and of a man from Tiverton.
Mitchell Stevenson, 37, of Tiverton, was found dead in a car on Stephen French Road, according to Yasmina Serdarevic, spokeswoman for Bristol County, Mass. District Attorney C. Sam Sutter.
Serdarevic said that Stevenson was apparently shot by Christian Wilson, 43, of 375 Stephen French Rd. around 6 p.m.
She said the motive apparently was a dispute over money. She said Stevenson apparently went to Wilson's house to collect money, after which Wilson fired several shots at close range.
Wilson then retreated to his house, Serdarevic said, after which a gunshot was heard, and Wilson was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted wound.