READING, MA — A local man is accused of murder in the shooting death of his mother at a Reading home, according to a statement from police and prosecutors.
Ryan Hanafin, 22, was charged with murder Friday.
On Thursday at 12:38 a.m., police received a call reporting that a woman's body had been found inside a Center Avenue home.
Police arrived at the home and found the victim, later identified as Andria Hanafin, 49, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. She was declared dead at the home.
Ryan Hanafin was not home, and police determined that he had fled in a 2010 Dodge Charger.
Following a search by law enforcement, police found Hanafin in Vermont.
He is currently awaiting pick up at a correctional facility in Vermont to return to Massachusetts for arraignment at the Woburn District Court on a future date, according to the statement.
This case is being investigated by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office and state and local police.
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