Fairhaven man pleads not guilty in fatal Mattapoisett shoot…

Shooting Mattapoisett Massachusetts in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts: Nicholas Bottella, 33, of Fairhaven pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a man in Mattapoisett. Police responded to reports of a shooting around 3 p.m., and the victim, Rizza, was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 3:40 p.m. A witness reported a man in a red vehicle was involved, and officers spotted a matching red sedan nearby; the driver allegedly fled, leading to a police pursuit that ended near Front Street in Marion after cruisers boxed in the vehicle. Bottella was arrested at the scene, and investigators said the two had been involved in a neighborhood dispute about a year earlier.