Franklin Laras of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was arrested in Mexico about nine months after allegedly shot 29-year-old Edward Javier-Perez to death at the Energy Lounge.

A 27-year-old man accused of shooting another man in Lawrence on Christmas Eve last year appeared in court Friday, pleading not<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

A man is in custody nine months after he allegedly killed another man at a night club in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Twenty-nine-year-old Edward Javier-Perez was shot to death at the Energy Lounge on Christmas Eve in 2023.

LAWRENCE — The suspect in a murder on Christmas Eve at the Energy Lounge nightclub has been captured, authorities said. Franklin Laras, 27, who allegedly shot and killed Edward Javier Perez, 29, "is now in custody," Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker announced Thursday night.

A Lawrence man who prosecutors say fatally shot a 29-year-old man inside a nightclub last year before fleeing to Mexico was in court Friday, officials said.

A suspect in a deadly shooting in Lawrence last December has been tracked down and is now in custody. Franklin Laras,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More