South Coast man sentenced to prison for shooting death of sister’s boyfriend

BROCKTON – A Rochester man was sentenced to state prison Friday after being found guilty of criminal charges related to the 2023 shooting death of his sister’s boyfriend, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has announced.

Cody Perry, 36, was convicted Wednesday of Voluntary Manslaughter and Assault & Battery with a Deadly Weapon Causing Serious Bodily Injury in Plymouth County Superior Court for the fatal shooting of 41-year-old Justin Doberck. He was sentenced to 8 to 10 years in prison.

On the night of April 7, 2023, Rochester Police officers and Massachusetts State Police troopers responded to reports of a shooting at 259 New Bedford Road. Once on scene, law enforcement located a male victim — later identified as Doberck — who was transported to an area hospital in the city of New Bedford where he was pronounced dead. Through witness interviews and a preliminary investigation, law enforcement determined there had been a disagreement between Cody Perry and the victim following a night out together at a bonfire in the woods behind the New Bedford Road property. The incident escalated once Perry retrieved a firearm from the home and shot Doberck. Officers subsequently arrested Perry without further incident.

The Commonwealth requested a period of incarceration of 18 to 20 years in state prison at a sentencing hearing Friday.

Assistant District Attorneys Daniel Higgins and Jessica Croker prosecuted this case. It was investigated by Rochester Police and the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.