BOSTON, May 4, 2015— The two men who allegedly plotted to murder 21-year-old Kenny Lamour as he worked as part of a shoveling crew in February will continue to be held without bail after their Superior Court arraignments today, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

DONTE HENLEY (D.O.B. 5/18/90) of South Boston and JOSIAH ZACHERY (D.O.B. 7/13/96) of Hyde Park were arraigned this morning on charges first-degree murder for Lamour’s shooting death in Jamaica Plain; Zachery was arraigned on additional charges of armed assault with intent to murder and unlawful possession of a firearm for allegedly firing at a Boston Police officer who chased him near the scene.  At the request of Assistant District Attorney Ian Polumbaum, Suffolk Superior Clerk Magistrate Anne Kaczmarek ordered both men be held without bail.

Polumbaum told the court that on Feb. 11, Lamour and Henley were both part of a shoveling crew organized by a non-profit agency.  The organization was aware that the two men were affiliated with rival gangs but each informed a crew supervisor on the morning of the murder that they were willing to serve together on the work crew without issue.  Shortly after offering that assurance, Polumbaum said, phone records show that Henley exchanged text messages with Zachery telling him to come to the work site and to bring a gun.  In later text messages, he provided Zachery with Lamour’s location and clothing description, Polumbaum said.

Zachery approached Lamour at the work site and shot him once in the head; he then fired two more shots as Lamour fell to the ground.  As he fled the area on foot, Zachery pointed the gun at a pursuing Boston Police officer and fired one shot, prosecutors said.

Additional Boston Police officers located Zachery on Centre Street carrying a black and yellow shovel and wearing sneakers, no gloves, and no jacket.  A black jacket matching witness descriptions of that worn by the gunman was found in a nearby yard along with shoe prints in the snow matching Zachery’s sneakers; the resident of an area home told police that his black and yellow shovel had been stolen.

Several witnesses identified Zachery as having the same build and clothing as the shooter, minus the black jacket he wore at the time of the shooting.

Through a continued investigation, Boston Police homicide detectives obtained cell phone records and text messages between Zachery and Henley, leading to Henley’s arrest later in February.

Timothy Munzert is the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate.  Henley was represented by James Budreau and Zachery by Jack Miller.  Both return to court June 18.

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