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Man shot to death in Lynn apartment
A 66-year-old man was shot to death in his Lynn apartment today, Essex County prosecutors said today.
At about noon, police found Bennett Halprin suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in his second-floor apartment at 23 Atlantic St. He died later at NSMC Union Hospital in Lynn, the Essex district attorney's office said.
Lynn and State Police are investigating the shooting in conjunction with the district attorney's office.
Police are asking anyone with information to call their anonymous tip line at 781-477-4444.
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