BOSTON, July 13, 2018— The second man charged in connection with the Independence Day murder of 36-year-old Deondra Lee was ordered held without bail at his arraignment today, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

TRAVIS PHILLIPS, 27, was arraigned today in Roxbury Municipal Court on a charge of murder. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Masai King, Judge Lisa Grant ordered Phillips held without bail.

Phillips is the second person charged in connection with Lee’s shooting death. MICHAEL CARLETON, 32, was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Tuesday for his alleged role in the killing.

On the night of July 4, a public safety camera captured a vehicle, driven by a man later identified as Carleton, pull up to the area of Dacia and Brookford streets, where Lee and a group of individuals had gathered. As the vehicle passed the group, its passenger – who was dressed in white – opened fire on the group.

Lee was struck by the gunfire and died of his injuries at Boston Medical Center.

Boston Police located the vehicle used in the shooting a short time later in a Dudley Street parking lot near Phillips’ family home. Security camera footage from the area captured a man fitting
Phillips’ description and wearing a white shirt and shorts exit the passenger’s side of the vehicle and enter the residence, prosecutors said. A fingerprint found on the handle of the vehicle’s front passenger’s side door – from where investigators believe the gunman fired – was matched to Phillips.

Anite Cetoute is the DA’s assigned victim witness advocate. Phillips is represented by Timothy Bradl. He returns to court Aug. 7.

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