Jacklyn Berry, 47, was fatally shot by husband Sean Brewer, 58, at 26 Beacon Street in Winthrop MA on May 24 2026. Brewer charged with manslaughter. Full story here.
A Sunday morning argument inside a Winthrop, Massachusetts apartment ended with a 47-year-old woman shot dead and her husband in police custody facing manslaughter charges. Jacklyn Berry never made it home from the hospital. Her husband Sean Brewer, 58, is now charged with her death and set to face a judge. Here is everything confirmed about the Winthrop Beacon Street shooting that has shocked this tight-knit Boston-area community.
Shots Fired at Beacon Street — Multiple Callers Dial 911
On Sunday, May 24, 2026, at approximately 8:37 a.m., the Metro North Regional Emergency Communications Center received multiple calls reporting a disturbance at the apartment building located at 26 Beacon Street. HERE Rockhill
The calls came in fast and they came in alarmed. Neighbors heard the argument. Neighbors heard the shot.
Witnesses said there was a verbal argument and a gun had been involved. When police arrived, they found a woman had been shot. WSOC TV
According to Winthrop Police Chief John Goodwin: “Officers responded immediately and located an adult female suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers and emergency personnel rendered medical aid on scene before the victim was transported by ambulance to a local hospital with what appeared to be serious, life-threatening injuries.” HERE Rockhill
Jacklyn Berry Dies at Boston Hospital
The injuries Jacklyn Berry suffered on Beacon Street that Sunday morning were unsurvivable.
The woman, later identified as Jacklyn Berry, 47, was transported to a Boston hospital, where she later died. HERE Rockhill
A mother. A wife. A neighbor on Beacon Street. Gone before the morning was over.
Her death was confirmed by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office — and within hours the investigation shifted from a shooting call to a homicide.
Husband Sean Brewer Charged With Manslaughter
The man who fired the shot never left the building.
One person was quickly detained after the shooting. They were described as a person of interest and taken for questioning by Winthrop police. WSOC TV
By Monday the identity of that person of interest was confirmed — and so were the charges.
Berry’s husband, 58-year-old Sean Brewer, has been charged with manslaughter in Berry’s death and is expected to be arraigned in East Boston Municipal Court. HERE Rockhill
What We Know So Far
- Victim: Jacklyn Berry, age 47, Winthrop, Massachusetts
- Suspect: Sean Brewer, age 58 — Berry’s husband
- Date and time: Sunday, May 24, 2026, approximately 8:37 a.m.
- Location: 26 Beacon Street apartment building, Winthrop, Massachusetts
- Trigger: Initial reports indicated an argument took place and a firearm may have been involved WCCB Charlotte
- Charge: Sean Brewer charged with manslaughter
- Arraignment: East Boston Municipal Court — Tuesday May 26, 2026
- Investigation: Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and Massachusetts State Police
- Authorities said the shooting was not random and the people involved knew each other. There is no threat to the public WCCB Charlotte
- Berry was transported to a Boston hospital where she was pronounced dead
A Community in Shock
Winthrop is a small, tight-knit coastal community just six miles northeast of Boston. It is the kind of place where neighbors know each other — where multiple people heard the argument on Beacon Street and immediately called 911.
This is not the first time violence has shattered that sense of safety. In 2021 a shooting rampage in Winthrop killed two residents and left the community deeply scarred. Monday morning brought that grief back to the surface as news spread about Jacklyn Berry.
A woman shot dead inside her own home. By her own husband. On a Sunday morning.