BOSTON, March 26, 2015— One of two men who took part in the ambush-style murder of 44-year-old Jose Maldonado was ordered held without bail at his arraignment today, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

ISHMAEL DOUGLAS (D.O.B. 12/25/86) was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with Maldonado’s March 31 shooting death.  At the request of Assistant District Attorney Ian Polumbaum, Douglas was ordered held without bail.

Douglas’ co-defendant in the case, RAYMOND ARROYO (D.O.B. 3/22/92), faces charges of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.  He was taken into custody in the Dominican Republic last week and transported to New York City, where he remains held as a fugitive from justice.

Polumbaum told the court that Maldonado was murdered as he walked in the area of Smith and Turquoise streets in Mission Hill at about 11:45 a.m. on March 31 in an apparent act of retaliation for an earlier robbery.

That morning, Douglas drove a gold Chrysler to the Mission Hill housing project with Arroyo accompanying him in the vehicle.  Douglas stopped the car to allow Arroyo out of the vehicle and then drove in a loop through the complex, Polumbaum said.  As Douglas continued to drive, Arroyo approached Maldonado from behind and shot him four times, killing him.

Douglas then picked Arroyo up a few blocks away and drove from the neighborhood.

Multiple surveillance cameras captured the Douglas’ and Arroyo’s actions before, during, and after the shooting, prosecutors said.

In addition, cell phone records link the two defendants and witnesses place Douglas behind the wheel of the gold Chrysler on the day of the murder, prosecutors said.  Douglas allegedly made statements to police admitting that he drove the vehicle in the area of Mission Hill that day.

Arroyo, who allegedly made inculpatory statements to others before fleeing to the Dominican Republic two weeks after the shooting, faces arraignment upon his return to Massachusetts.

Douglas is represented by attorney James Boudreau.  He returns to court April 9.

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