For Immediate Release: 4/10/2024 10:30 am
At approximately 1:38 this morning, a Worcester Police officer observed a vehicle in the area of Park Avenue registered to twenty-three-year-old Levon Atupem of Holden. Atupem was known to have an active warrant stemming from the shooting of three people on Clarkson Street on April 7, 2024.
The officer took a stationary position to observe the vehicle until 3:02am when a man believed to be Atupem got into the vehicle and backed up. The officer activated his emergency lights and ordered the operator out of the vehicle. The officer immediately recognized him to be Levon Atupem and he was placed under arrest without incident. He is charged with three counts of assault to murder with a firearm, accessory before the fact and accessory after the fact.