WAREHAM, Mass. (AP) – A New Bedford man is being held on $50,000 bail in connection with a weekend bar fight turned deadly in Wareham

Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Russell is charged with murder, attempted murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Police say 31-year-old Bruce Gallagher of Wareham was fatally injured early Saturday morning during the brawl outside Stevie B’s Onset Sports Resort Bar & Grill. A second man, 27-year-old Daniel Martin of Fairhaven, was seriously injured.

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz says both men sustained head injuries.

Russell was arrested the following day outside a convenience store in Fairhaven.

He pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Wareham District Court.

Relatives say Gallagher was a cousin of Marine Lance Corporal Patrick Gallagher, who was killed in Iraq in April 2006.

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Information from: The Standard-Times, http://www.s-t.com

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