A Dorchester man was held without bail today following his arraignment for the murders of Manuel Monteiro and Jovany Eason at Ka’- Carlos Bar and Grill last week, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

EMMANUEL DePINA (D.O.B. 4/25/83) today surrendered himself to a Dorchester District Court arrest warrant approved on Aug. 7. Assistant District Attorney John Pappas recommended that DePina be held without bail during the pendency of his case; Judge Lawrence McCormick accommodated that request.

Conley had harsh words for the early-morning violence that took the lives of Monteiro, 47, and Eason, 20, on Aug. 2 at the Hancock Street eatery.

“There are lines of work in which men and women knowingly put their lives on the line every day,” Conley said. “Police, firefighters, soldiers, and others accept the dangers of their duties. Being a neighborhood restaurant chef shouldn’t be one of those jobs. Working to support your family shouldn’t carry the risk of being murdered.

“By every account, Manuel Monteiro was a kind and loving family man. He was not collateral damage in a spasm of deadly violence. He was a father, a stepfather, a husband, and a friend. He had no stake in the altercation at Ka’-Carlos and he did not deserve his fate.

“Jovany Eason may have had words with someone in Ka’-Carlos. He did not have a hand in his own murder. No words he could have spoken would justify the bullets that tore through his body. The responsibility for Jovany Eason’s death lies with the man who shot him.

“A young man is dead. A father is dead. Two families are paying the price for easy access to unregistered firearms and a readiness to use them indiscriminately. Our hearts remain with them, but our duty now is to hold accountable Emmanuel DePina, the man who took their loved ones from this world.”

Pappas, a member of Conley’s Homicide Unit, told the court that Eason became involved in a verbal altercation along with other patrons of the restaurant at about 1:00 a.m. Monteiro, who had just finished his shift, attempted to defuse the situation.

Despite Monteiro’s efforts, Pappas said, the altercation was rekindled in the area of the men’s room a few minutes later. That altercation included Eason and one or more of his associates on one side and the defendant and his associates.

Eason left the men’s room, where DePina allegedly kicked and beat one of Eason’s associates. Members of DePina’s group allegedly chased Eason out of the restaurant.

When all the combatants had left the restaurant, Monteiro walked outside briefly, then watched the scene from a window inside Ka’-Carlos.

Outside, Eason and an associate went to Eason’s car, which was parked on Hancock Street. One of DePina’s associates allegedly confronted Eason, Pappas said.

It was at this point, the prosecutor said, that a third individual brandished a gun at Eason. DePina and another man approached this individual, with DePina taking the handgun. DePina allegedly began chasing and firing at Eason.

“Manuel Monteiro stood by the window that was in the line of fire,” Pappas said. “He was simply standing there as a bullet meant for Eason shattered the window and ripped through his chest.”

DePina allegedly continued to fire, chasing Eason on foot across Hancock Street, onto Jerome Street, and then onto Bird Street, where he died of multiple gunshot wounds allegedly inflicted by the defendant.

A third victim suffered nonfatal gunshot wounds during the incident, Pappas said.

Pappas said that Boston Police homicide detectives had recovered security and surveillance footage from Ka’-Carlos and other locations that showed the scene “before, during, and after” the incident and led to DePina’s identification as the gunman.

“What is captured on that video,” Pappas said, “is a calculated and vicious response to the earlier altercations where the defendant, having every opportunity to walk away, turned the encounter deadly, callously indifferent to anyone’s well being.”

DePina was represented by attorney James Budreau. He will return to court on Sept. 8.