First-Degree Murder Guilty Verdict In 2020 Beverly Shooting Death

BEVERLY, MA — A New Hampshire man who once lived on Cabot Street in Beverly was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday in the 2020 shooting death of a Beverly man at his Summer Street apartment.

Salem Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere imposed a mandatory life sentence without parole Wednesday afternoon on Bruce Gunn, 66, after victims' statements from the family of Donald Fogg.

Fogg was 50 years old at the time of the killing. He was a chef, most recently at Absolutely Fabulous.

The Essex County District Attorney's Office said Assistant DA Kelleen Forlizzi proved that Gunn shot and killed Fogg in his apartment on March, 13, 2020. Evidence showed Gunn borrowed a gun from a friend and agreed to purchase marijuana from Fogg with the intent of robbing him.

The DA's Office said Gunn then went to Fogg's Summer Street apartment that day and shot him three times in the back after he opened a safe that included the marijuana and cash.

Gunn was arrested about one month after the shooting and held without bail.

Gunn's criminal record stretches back to the 1970s and includes a 20-year federal prison sentence on firearms charges that ended in 2012.