BOSTON, Oct. 25, 2017—The investigation into a drive-by shooting attempt earlier this month has led to charges against two men, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

ERIC CORREIA (D.O.B. 1/13/98) was arraigned yesterday in Roxbury Municipal Court on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, attempted assault and battery with a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and carrying a loaded firearm.  The charges stem from a drive-by shooting on Harlow Street on Oct. 2.  Prosecutors requested that Correia’s bail be set in the amount of $200,000 and that he be ordered to submit to GPS monitoring, remain within Massachusetts, have no contact with the victim or witnesses, and stay away from the location of the incident if he posts that amount.  Judge David Poole set $30,000 bail and imposed the requested conditions of release.

Correia’s co-defendant, ARLINDO LOPES (D.O.B. 7/5/99), was arraigned Oct. 16 in the same court on identical charges.  Prosecutors requested bail of $100,000 and the same conditions in the event he is to be released on bail; Poole imposed $30,000 bail and all of the requested conditions of release.  

Shortly after 3:00 p.m. on Oct. 2, Boston Police responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Harlow Street in Roxbury, where they located a vehicle with ballistic damage and a shell casing in the street next to the vehicle.  A man who had been seated in the vehicle at the time it was struck by gunfire was not physically injured, prosecutors said.  Evidence suggests that a black Acura had pulled up next to the vehicle and a gunshot was fired out of the passenger’s side window before it drove from the area, prosecutors said. 

A black Acura matching that used in the drive-by shooting was located a short distance away on Cunningham Street; the car had previously been reported stolen during a weekend carjacking that remains under investigation.

Public safety cameras in the area captured the vehicle leaving the scene immediately after the shooting and stopping a short time later at a Wayland Street address where a passenger exited the car.  The vehicle then proceeded to Cunningham Street, where the driver exited and ran to the area of the same Wayland Street residence.  Footage captured both men wearing black sweatshirts; additional footage captured them leaving the residence a short time later without those sweatshirts, prosecutors said.

Boston Police learned that an individual later identified as Correia, who is associated with a resident, entered the building with a second man.  Officers located two black sweatshirts at the location, both of which were warm to the touch, suggesting to officers that they had recently been worn and discarded.

Images of the two suspects were distributed to members of the Boston Police Department on the date of the shooting.  Within three days, six officers contacted the assigned detectives and positively identified the image of the getaway driver as Lopes.

During the course of an investigation, detectives developed additional information identifying Correia as the shooter, prosecutors said.

“This was a brazen daytime shooting in the middle of a residential street, where children were outside with their family nearby at the time.  This kind of reckless violence could easily have left anyone in the area injured – or worse,” Conley said.

Correia was represented by Steve Weymouth and Lopes by Neni Odiaga.  Both return to court Nov. 15.

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