BOSTON, Sept. 28, 2018—A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted an East Boston man of murder and other charges for his role in the 2015 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Andres Jaramillo in Revere, Suffolk County District Attorney John P. Pappas said.

Jurors deliberated for about three days before finding LUIS URBAEZ, 33, guilty of second-degree murder for killing Jaramillo, armed assault with intent to murder for shooting at but not hitting a second teen, and unlawful possession of a firearm. He faces a mandatory life term at a sentencing hearing next week.

Over the course of about two weeks, Assistant District Attorney Mark Zanini introduced evidence and testimony proving that an associate of Urbaez had been involved in a physical altercation on Jan. 21, 2015. That night and into the early morning of Jan. 22, Urbaez and his associate went looking for this other combatant and found him in a car on Garfield Avenue with Jaramillo at about 2:00 am. Shots were fired from the defendant’s car into the victims’ car, missing the intended target but striking and killing Jaramillo.

The homicide was investigated by the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit with the assistance of Revere Police detectives. Based on their efforts and an extensive presentation to the Suffolk County Grand Jury, Urbaez was indicted for first-degree murder and other offenses in December 2015 and arrested a few days later.

Urbaez’ co-defendant will be tried separately next month.

Anite Cetoute was the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate. Urbaez represented himself at trial with attorney Gregory Barison as stand-by counsel. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 4 at 9:00 in courtroom 704.

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