Fall River man accused of murdering girlfriend and son pleads not guilty in Superior Court

A Fall River man accused of murdering two people faced a judge in Superior Court on Friday.

54-year-old Arlington Cole was indicted in Fall River Superior Court in April and was arraigned today on two counts of Murder for the shooting deaths of 25-year-old Nicholas Almeida and his mother 54-year-old Elizabeth Almeida. 

On January 30th, at just after 8:00 p.m. Fall River Police received a 911 call to 431 Barnes Street for a double shooting. 

Upon arrival, police located Nicholas and his mother Elizabeth, both suffering from gunshot wounds.  Both victims were transported to a local hospital and pronounced deceased. 

Cole, who was in a dating relationship with Elizabeth Almeida, was located at the scene along with a firearm.  

Scanner transmissions revealed a complainant made a call to dispatch stating that he just shot his wife and son and that the gun was on the kitchen table.

Court records show that Cole pled not guilty today and was held without bail.

He has a pretrial conference scheduled for June 16th.