BOSTON, July 3, 2015—Two men were held on high bail at their arraignments following arrests in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Raheem Ramirez in Roxbury last night, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

LAMAR BRISON (D.O.B. 10/8/90) and ELIJAH SMALL (D.O.B. 10/29/95), both of Dorchester, were arraigned in Roxbury Municipal Court today on charges of unlawfully carrying a firearm. Bryson was additionally charged with misleading an investigator and motor vehicle offenses.

At the request of Assistant District Attorney Julie Higgins, Judge Kenneth Fiandaca ordered both men held on $100,000 cash bail. Small’s bail on an open assault case was revoked, and Brison was held on a warrant charging him with violating his probation following his release from a three-year prison sentence on a 2012 gun case.

Boston Police responding to a report of gunfire on Greenville Street just after 11:00 p.m. found Ramirez, 22, and another man, 24, suffering from gunshot injuries. Ramirez was rushed to Boston Medical Center, where he died of his injuries; the second victim is expected to survive.

Witnesses in the area provided officers with a description of two men riding a scooter. A short time later, officers observed a pair matching that description and attempted to stop them. The scooter driver – later identified as Brison – allegedly led them on a chase in which he drove at a high rate of speed through red lights and the wrong way down one-way streets.

When the scooter came to a stop, Small allegedly fled on foot while clutching his waistband. In the course of a foot chase, the officers heard the sound of a metal object striking the pavement. They apprehended Small a short distance away and recovered a handgun in his path of flight. Brison was taken into custody without incident, though he allegedly made false statements about his whereabouts earlier that evening.

The investigation into Raheem’s fatal shooting remains very active today, with police and prosecutors urging anyone with information to share it with homicide detectives at 617-343-4700.

Brison was represented by attorney Richard Doyle and Small by attorney Yolanda Acevedo. Both men are scheduled to appear in the Suffolk County Gun Court on July 31.

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