BOSTON, May 6, 2015— A North Attleboro man was arraigned today on murder charges for allegedly shooting Julien Printemps to death just two months after being released from prison for a gun conviction, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

CSEAN SKERRITT (D.O.B. 10/21/88) was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on charges of first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm as a subsequent offense, unlawful possession of ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm, and being a Level III armed career criminal.  At the request of Assistant District Attorney Joseph Janezic, chief of the DA’s Gang Unit, Clerk Magistrate Anne Kaczmarek ordered Skerritt held without bail.

Prosecutors said Skerritt was convicted in Suffolk Superior Court of a 2010 gun case for which he served a three-year prison sentence.  He was released from prison in November 2013 and was on probation at the time of Printemps’ murder on Jan. 26, 2014. He is currently serving a two-year sentence in Norfolk County for violating the terms of that probation with his arrest on firearm charges in April 2014; that firearms case remains pending in Suffolk Superior Court.

Janezic told the court that, shortly before 10 p.m. on the night of his murder, Printemps was getting in his car in a parking lot outside a Tedeschi’s Convenience Store on Dorchester Avenue.  As he did so, a second vehicle pulled into a nearby parking space and Skerritt emerged from the driver’s side of the vehicle and stood with the door open.  The two men, who were each affiliated with rival groups, exchanged words. 

Skerritt pulled out a semiautomatic handgun and opened fire on Printemps’ vehicle.  Printemps entered the car and attempted to drive away.  Skerritt then ran after the vehicle and fired on Printemps, striking him multiple times.  Printemps’ vehicle crashed and came to a rest on the curb.  He exited the vehicle and collapsed in the parking lot, mortally wounded.

In the days and weeks that followed, Boston Police homicide detectives and Suffolk prosecutors gathered evidence – including surveillance video from a nearby store – that led to Skerritt’s identification as the gunman.  That evidence was introduced during a methodical grand jury investigation that led to his indictment for murder on March 13. 

Skerritt was represented by James Greenberg.  He returns to court May 28.

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