Police seek Cambridge man in death of man on Salem Street in Medford

At the scene, neighbors, who declined to give their names out of fears for their safety, said they heard at least one shot sometime after 3 a.m., but O'Brien would not say how Fahy died.

"Upon arrival, EMS personnel located the victim, who was evidencing obvious signs of trauma," O'Brien said.

O'Brien said the killing did not appear to be random.

"The involved parties at the scene of the crime were known to each other, and the death appears to be as a result of a confrontation," she said.

State and local police have been on the scene all day, inside and outside of the three-story blue house on the corner of Salem Street and Sarragut Avenue, which is located in a densely mixed residential and commercial neighborhood, surrounded by three-deckers and other multifamily homes, as well as shops and gas stations.

Police were also looking at a light brown Ford F-150 pickup truck parked one house down with all four tires flat.

Leah Lucido, 37, lives across the street and said she was “shocked” to hear someone was dead across the street. She said the neighborhood was busy but peaceful.
"You would think there would be more problems on such a busy street, but there really aren’t,” Lucido said.

She said her 11 year-old daughter was very frightened by what happened.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will perform an autopsy on Fahy.

O'Brien said that anyone with information on the killing can contact Massachusetts State Police at 781-897-6600 cq or the Medford Police Department at 781-391-6767. cq

Globe Correspondent Jason Woods contributed to this report. John M. Guilfoil can be reached at jguilfoil@globe.com.