D'Andre King-Settles | Homicide Watch Boston

Second suspect arrested for Mission Hill murder

Gail Waterhouse — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 11:17:57 -0400

Police have arrested a second man in connection with the December murder of D'Andre King-Settles, the 17-year-old shot and killed on Annunciation Road.

The shooting happened around 4 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2015 around a playground near the apartment complex where King-Settles lived with his family. At the time of the incident, a witness described seeing multiple people around King-Settles body after the shooting.

D'Andre King-Settles

In late February, members of the Boston Police fugitive unit, along with members of the Randolph Police Department, arrested 17-year-old Tsunami Ortiz and charged him with murder. At his arraignment, prosecutors alleged that Ortiz, and another suspect who was not named, stalked and killed King-Settles.

Officers arrested that second suspect last Thursday, March 31. Enrique Auch, 18, of Revere, after spotting him in Jamaica Plain. Friday, Auch was arraigned in Roxbury District Court on multiple charges, including murder, armed assault to murder, and multiple firearm-related charges. He was ordered held without bail.

The Suffolk County District Attorney told the Globe he expects to arraign Auch in Suffolk Superior Court on the murder charge.

Arrest made in Mission Hill teen's death

Gail Waterhouse — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:32:52 -0500

The man arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Mission Hill last December has been held without bail.

Tsunami Ortiz, 17, was arraigned Monday, shortly after police arrested him. He is charged with murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old D'Andre King-Settles on Dec. 18 near 60 Annunciation Rd. in Mission Hill. Witnesses at the time described hearing shots, then seeing multiple people standing near King-Settles' body before running away, and hearing more shots.

D'Andre King-Settles

Ortiz was also charged with two counts of armed assault with intent to murder after allegedly firing at two of King-Settles friends, who survived, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon because one of the friends was grazed by a bullet. He is also charged with firearms-related offenses.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office:

Footage from a surveillance camera inside the building shows Ortiz and another man enter the building, leave, and return a short time before the victims arrive. The footage shows the victims leave the building, followed by Ortiz and the second man a short time later.

Ham said the footage was of sufficient quality to identify Ortiz, and that cell tower data linked to his cell phone is consistent with his presence in the area of the shooting at the time it occurred.

Police arrested Ortiz over the weekend in Randolph, according to the Boston Globe. A second man who is named in the police report has not been arrested, according to the Globe.

Assistant District Attorney Catherine Ham also said the same video footage shows Ortiz holding a cellphone just before shots were fired, possibly in an attempt to record the murder as it happened, according to the Globe.

Dozens of King-Settles' relatives and friends were at the arraignment. His grandmother said he had been walking his younger two siblings home from the bus stop just minutes before he was shot.

No motive for the killing has been revealed. Anyone with more information about this case is asked to call the Boston Police Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470. Anonymous tips can be made by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1 (800) 494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).

Ortiz will return to court March 28.

Teen shot and killed in park near BPD headquarters

Gail Waterhouse — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:04:25 -0500

A teenager who was shot and killed Friday afternoon in a playground near the Boston Police Department headquarters has been identified.

D'Andre King-Settles, 17, was shot and killed in Mission Hill around 4 p.m. Friday. King-Settles was shot near 60 Annunciation Rd., in the playground next to the apartment complex where he lived, according to the Boston Globe.

King-Settles was pronounced dead at the scene.

One witness described hearing gunshots, then seeing three shooters fleeing, then returning toward King-Settles, and shooting more.

The witness told the Boston Globe:

He was in his apartment when he heard four or five shots. When he looked out his window, he said, King-Settles was just out of view, but he could see three shooters. Two of them were still close to King-Settles, he said, and the third was further away, maybe 50 yards. For a split second, they were all running away.

Then, he said, the two closer shooters turned back toward King-Settles; when the third saw them turn, he turned too. The two closer shooters fired another
four or five shots, said the man. The third shooter appeared to recognize that King-Settles was dead, said the man, and ran away. The other two also fled. The man could see King-Settles’s feet after he fell to the ground, he said.

Friends described King-Settles as sweet and goofy, who loved to ride his bicycle and would often offer to help neighbors. He had talked about going to Bunker Hill Community College, or joining the Army Reserves, the Globe reported.

In 2011, King-Settles' older brother, Richard T. King Jr., was stabbed to death in July 2011. No arrest has been made in connection with that murder.

Police continue to investigate King-Settles' murder and have not made an arrest. Anyone with information is asked to
call the Boston Police Department’s homicide detectives at (617) 343-4470.

Anonymous tips can be made by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS, or by texting the word TIP to CRIME (27463).