Homicide Watch Boston

A man who was shot multiple times in the South End early Wednesday morning has died.

He is the city’s 36th homicide victim of the year.

The victim, who police say is a man in his 20s, had not been identified as of Wednesday night.

The shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. outside 17B Aguadilla St. The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he later succumbed to his injuries was pronounced dead.

Police officers have not identified a suspect and are actively investigating the case. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Boston Police Department’s homicide unit at 617-343-4470.

People can leave anonymous tips by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS, or by texting the word ‘TIPS’ to CRIME (27463).

Police arrested a Dorchester woman after she allegedly fatally stabbed her live-in boyfriend early Tuesday.

Police responded to the scene at 5 Nightingale St. at 12:30 a.m. after 25-year-old Valerie Cirilo-Perez called 911 to report a fatal stabbing. When officers arrived, they found 28-year-old Anthony Sinclair “badly injured.” According to the Boston Globe, he suffered stab wounds to the chest.

He was rushed to Boston Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Cirilo-Perez was charged with murder “in light of admissions she allegedly made to Boston police about the incident, homicide detectives’ observations of the crime scene, and other evidence,” according to a statement from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

Police said Cirilo-Perez suffered no visible injuries and declined medical assistance at the scene. According to the Globe, Cirilo-Perez told police that Sinclair attacked her, and she stabbed him in response. A neighbor told the Globe he frequently heard the couple arguing loudly.

Cirilo-Perez was arraigned in district court Tuesday and held without bail. She will return to court on Jan. 8, 2016.

The Suffolk DA’s office reminds the public:

The victims of any crime, including domestic violence, should call 911 in an emergency. SafeLink, a statewide DV hotline, can be reached at 877-785-2020. SafeLink is answered by trained advocates 24 hours a day in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, as well as TTY at 877-521-2601. It also has the capacity to provide multilingual translation in more than 140 languages.

Three men have been arraigned in connection with the shooting death of 38-year-old Maurice Scott in South Boston on Saturday night.

At around 8:30 p.m., Police found Scott outside 425 Old Colony Ave. bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds near his girlfriend’s bullet-ridden Mercedes, according to the Boston Globe. He was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center.

Witnesses reportedly helped police identify the suspects and the car they were driving in, and police arrested the three men shortly after the shooting. Dewayne Diggs, 23, and 22-year-old Dondre Snow, of Dorchester, along with 20-year-old Daquan Peters of Roxbury were arrested in Dorchester in a vacant lot near Elm Street.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office:

Witnesses told investigators that a heavy-set male in dark clothing – later identified as Diggs – fired on the victim, Hallal said.  Diggs then entered the passenger side of a vehicle that fled the area; a witness was able to provide police with a partial license plate number for the vehicle and its direction of flight.

A short time later, a different witness contacted Boston Police to report a vehicle operating at a high rate of speed in the area of Ashland and Elm streets in Dorchester before stopping in a vacant lot, where three men in the vehicle appeared to change their clothing, prosecutors said.  Officers quickly arrived at the location and discovered that the 2016 Nissan Altima’s license plate matched the partial plate number of the vehicle used in Scott’s homicide.  The three men inside – driver Snow, front seat passenger Diggs, and rear seat passenger Peters – were removed from the car.

Investigators searching the area recovered a .40 caliber firearm the lot near the car. Using a thermal imaging device, they observed the firearm to have a heat signature significantly higher than its surroundings, indicating it had recently been held by a person.  Initial ballistics testing indicated that nine shell casings found at the scene of the fatal shooting were fired from the recovered gun, prosecutors said.

Two of the suspects, Diggs and Snow, were wearing electronic monitoring devices that placed them at the scene of the shooting, prosecutors said. Both men were charged with Scott’s murder and a judge ordered them held without bail. According to the Globe, Diggs has a criminal record that dates back to 2004. UniversalHub documents Snow’s lengthy record.

Peters has been charged with gun and drug charges and was held on $100,000 bail. Peters allegedly had 19 baggies of crack cocaine in his possession at the time of the arrest.

No motive was given for the shooting, but Scott’s brother told the Boston Globe that Scott and Diggs knew each other.

Scott’s brother told the Boston Herald that Scott was a construction worker and was the father of three children. He grew up in Mattapan.

They will return to court on Jan. 4, 2016.

A judge ordered 26-year-old Jonathan Matos held without bail as he awaits trial for the 2013 murder of 18-year-old Jonathan Reyes.

Matos, of Mattapan, is charged with first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of a large-capacity feeding device. A grand jury indicted Matos on Friday, Dec. 4.

Matos allegedly shot Reyes multiple times outside the home on West 2nd Street where Reyes was staying, just before 3 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2013.

Assistant District Attorney Mark Zanini said in court Monday that the homicide was drug-related, and that Reyes had begun to sell drugs to users who had previously been buying from Matos. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office:

Zanini told the court that Matos and a small group of associates routinely sold heroin in the area of the D Street housing development in the fall of 2012. In the course of this activity, he was known to carry a handgun. Also in the fall of 2012, Reyes moved to South Boston and joined Matos in the drug trade. Over a period of months, however, Reyes began to sell to drug users who had previously purchased from Matos’ group.

“This situation led to hostility between the parties, impinging on a lucrative drug trade,” Zanini said. “This hostility led Matos and others to confront Reyes.”

After a series of phone calls in the late night hours of Jan. 6, 2013, into the early morning hours of the following day, Matos and others travelled to the West 2^nd Street residence where Reyes was staying. Reyes came outside and was shot to death by Matos and his companions, who used a large-capacity semiautomatic pistol, Zanini said.

Matos will appear in court again on Jan. 12, 2016.

Keon Monteiro, the Quincy man convicted last Friday of murdering 25-year-old Sean Repetto and 21-year-old Victor Otoadese in Roxbury in 2012 was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison on Monday.

“The evidence proved that this defendant shot Sean Repetto in the head, then took aim at Victor Otoadese and shot him twice in the back as he ran for his life,” Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley said. “These were separate and distinct murders, and consecutive life terms were the appropriate sentence.”

At the sentencing Monday morning, Otoadese’s mother and Repetto’s father each delivered emotional victim impact statements to the court.

Otoadese’s mother took the witness stand wearing a shirt that featured the young man’s picture on the front and the words “Stop the Violence” on the back. She recalled watching television coverage of a double shooting on the day her 21-year-old son was killed.

“I said God bless the one who died and God bless the one who was going to the hospital,” she said. “I did not know the one who died was my darling son. I look up at the sky to see the special starlight that reminds me of you. I turn to feel the breeze on my face so I can feel you. I miss wiping the tears from your eyes when you needed your mother.”

Repetto’s father also addressed the court, speaking of a “smiling, laid-back kid” who had just begun to recover from a car crash that left him severely injured – and decided to go to nursing school so he could provide the same sort of care that had received.

“Race, religion, where you were from, and what you looked like didn’t matter to him,” he said, remembering a 25-year-old man who, as a child, was enamored of the theater and attended the Boston Arts Academy.

The crime happened on Nov. 28, 2012, and police arrested Monteiro in May, 2013 “thanks to significant assistance from civilian witnesses,” and “an exhaustive investigation” that continued for months, according to the Suffolk DA’s office.

Police have arrested three men after a fatal shooting in South Boston on Saturday night.

The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night at 425 Old Colony Ave. Police reported finding a male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He has not yet been identified.

Witnesses reported seeing a vehicle “fleeing the scene at a high rate of speed” according to police, and the car’s occupants appeared to be changing their clothes as they fled the scene.

Shortly after, officers saw a car matching the description of the one that fled the scene of the shooting in the area of Elm Street in Dorchester. Police officers arrested three men in connection to the incident, and also recovered a gun they believe was used in the shooting. Official charges against the men have not been made public.

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans called the shooting a “senseless act” and praised the actions of quick-acting officers for the arrest.

The incident is still under investigation, and anyone with information related to the shooting is asked to call BPD homicide detectives at 617-343-4470. People who wish to leave an anonymous tip can call 18-800-494-TIPS, or text ‘TIP’ to ‘CRIME’ (27463).

By Alec Cheung

After deliberating for five days, a jury convicted Keon Monteiro of two counts of second degree murder on Friday afternoon for the 2012 deaths of Sean Repetto and Victor Otoadese.

Otoadese, 21, and Repetto, 25, were shot in the back and head, respectively, on Nov. 28, 2012 on Batchelder Street in Roxbury. Monteiro had been seen with the victims and was spotted running away from the murder scene with a gun in his hand. Otoadese died soon after the shooting, while Repetto succumbed to his injuries roughly a week later. Click here to read more about the trial.

When the announcement came that the jury had reached a verdict, the courtroom was almost completely packed with family members of both victims, as well as Monteiro’s family.

When Monteiro first returned to the courtroom, tears began streaming down all of the victims’ families’ faces. Monteiro’s mother gasped and started weeping into her hands when the jury first announced that they found Monteiro not guilty of first-degree murder, while the victim’s family watched in shock.

After the verdict was read in court, Jake Wark, spokesman for the the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, shared condolences with the victims’ families.

“There is no loss greater than the loss of a loved one,” Wark said. “We are happy that the Jury saw the evidence as we did and brought some measure of satisfaction to the feelings of the families.”

Wark said that although emotions usually run high during verdict announcements, the reactions on Friday were some of the most intense he had ever seen.

As Monteiro was being escorted out of the courtroom, his mother screamed.

“He didn’t do it,” Monteiro’s mother said. “Please don’t take my only son,” she pleaded.

“It’s alright mama, I’ll be alright,” Monteiro said. Those were his last words before leaving the courtroom.

Soon after Monteiro’s family members left, the victim’s family members began embracing. “They were supposed to be friends,” one of the victim’s family member said over and over again as relatives consoled each other. All of the victims’ relatives declined to comment to Homicide Watch Boston.

Judge Roach commended the jury before they were dismissed. “Few jury gets and gives as much time in deliberating,” Roach said. “They gave this case a great amount of attention and respect.”

The jury also found Monteiro guilty of firearms-related charges. Under Massachusetts law, felons charged with second-degree murder must serve a minimum life sentence with possibility of parole. Monteiro will be formally sentenced on Monday.

Police arrested a Mattapan man on Friday after a grand jury indicted him for the murder of a teenager in South Boston in 2013.

Members of the Boston Police Department’s fugitive unit, as well as homicide investigators, arrested 26-year-old Jonathan Matos. He is charged with murdering 18-year-old Jonathan Reyes.

On Jan. 7, 2013, just before 3 a.m., officers responded to 335 West 2nd St. where they found Reyes, who had been shot several times in the head and 11 times overall, investigators told the Boston Globe days after the crime. Reyes was taken to Tufts Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

“He was butchered,” a law enforcement official told the Globe at the time. Investigators told they Globe the murder may have been drug-related.

In addition indicting Matos for first-degree murder, a grand jury returned indictments charging Matos with two firearms-related charges.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, ”Matos was identified as the result of a methodological investigation that made use of numerous interviews, forensic analysis, information from the public, and other evidence.”

“There’s no substitute for police and prosecutors who work hand in hand to build the best case possible,” Suffolk District Attorney Dan Conley said in a statement. “Long after Mr. Reyes’ murder faded from the headlines, this team worked patiently and methodically to solve it.”

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans also released a statement about the arrest.

“I hope this arrest brings some level of comfort to the Reyes family. This should serve as a reminder that the Boston Police never stop investigating until justice is served. I want to acknowledge the great work of the homicide and fugitive units for their dogged determination and efforts in this case.”

Matos is set to be arraigned in Suffolk County Superior Court on Monday.

The teenager who is suspected of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Mason Raymond in October has been formally indicted on second-degree murder charges, meaning his case will be moved to Suffolk Superior Court.

The grand jury indicted 16-year-old Ronaldo Cepeda of Dorchester on Thursday. Cepeda allegedly stabbed Raymond, piercing his heart, outside the Jackson Square MBTA station on October 22 during a confrontation.

Prosecutors say Cepeda had gotten off a bus at the station that afternoon and sat down on a bench outside the turnstiles. Raymond entered the station a short time later.

Mason Raymond

The two teens, who knew each other, started a conversation which ”quickly escalated into a physical altercation.” Cepeda reportedly pulled out a knife and stabbed Raymond. He died at Brigham and Women’s Hospital early the next morning.

According to prosecutors, Cepeda exited a bus at Jackson Square station that afternoon and sat on a bench outside the station’s turnstiles.  Raymond entered the station a short time later.

A conversation between Cepeda and Raymond, who were known to one another, quickly escalated into a physical altercation during which Raymond suffered a fatal stab wound. He was rushed to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he died the next morning.

Police officers were able to identify Cepeda as the alleged perpetrator through surveillance cameras at the train station.

Court officials have not yet set a date for Cepeda’s superior court arraignment.

A man has been arrested in connection with last week’s shooting outside a bar near Fenway Park that killed one man and injured three others.

On Wednesday, members of the Boston Police Department’s fugitive unit arrested 26-year-old Dominique L. Carpenter-Grady of Dorchester on firearm-related charges in connection with the shooting that happened early Thanksgiving Day outside the bar Who’s On First. Officers found him hiding in the attic, according to MyFoxBoston.

Jephthe Chery

On Thursday, Nov. 26 at around 2 a.m., Hyde Park resident Jephthe Chery reportedly got caught in crossfire outside the Yawkey Way bar Who’s On First. He was shot and died at the scene.  Three other men in their late 20s were injured and taken to area hospitals for treatment.

Law enforcement officials believe Chery was an unintended target. Friends and family members described the MBTA Commuter Rail conductor as a hard-working man who took care of his parents and smiled often. He was killed just one day before his 30th birthday. Click here for information on wake and funeral services for Chery.

Carpenter-Grady was arraigned on the firearm charges, which included unlawful possession of a firearm as a second offense, in Roxbury District Court on Thursday. He stayed out of view of courtroom cameras, according to WCVB.

According to the prosecution, Carpenter-Grady can be seen on video arguing with another man outside the bar just before the shooting, MyFoxBoston reports. The video then reportedly shows the two men firing guns at each other. One of the bullets struck Chery.

Carpenter-Grady has not been charged with murder, and his lawyer, Susan Rayburn, said he should be viewed as a victim of a crime, not one of the perpetrators, according to the Boston Globe.

He was charged as a “Level II armed career criminal” due to past convictions, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, judge ordered Carpenter-Grady held on $250,000 cash bail and will next appear in court on December 23.

The DA’s office did not release a booking photo of Carpenter-Grady.

Police are still actively investigating this incident and ask anyone with information to call BPD homicide detectives at 617-343-4470. Anonymous tipsters can call 1-800-494-TIPS, or text the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).