BOSTON, July 13, 2016—A suspect in the 2015 homicide of Richard Long, also accused of shooting a surviving victim and setting fire to the crime scene, was ordered held without bail at his arraignment today on murder and related charges, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

VICTOR ARRINGTON (D.O.B. 9/16/85) of Dorchester was arrested by Boston Police late yesterday and arraigned today on charges of murder, armed assault with intent to murder, and arson in connection with the March 31, 2015, incident that claimed the 37-year-old Long’s life and left a 33-year-old female injured at 332 Harvard St. in Dorchester.

Assistant District Attorney Masai King, chief of the DA’s Major Felony Bureau, told the court that evidence including surveillance imagery, phone records, and witness statements led to Arrington’s identification in the homicide. King said the evidence suggests Arrington was part of a group that had an ongoing feud with a person they believed to live at the scene – but that this person did not in fact reside there. When they could not locate their intended target, King said, Arrington and his associates shot the victims and set fire to the apartment.

That fire led to a rapid response by the Boston Fire Department, accompanied by Boston Police and Boston EMS. The call was upgraded to a shooting when they arrived, and thereafter to a homicide.

Based on the totality of evidence by late yesterday, the Boston Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit arrested Arrington yesterday evening, but police and prosecutors reiterated that the investigation remains open. Anyone with additional information is urged to share it with homicide detectives at 617-343-4470.

Arrington was represented by attorney E. Peter Parker. He will return to court on Aug. 9.

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