BOSTON, Aug. 2, 2018—A Dorchester man was ordered held without bail in connection with the shooting that claimed the life of 27-year-old Jorge Baez Jr. and injured a second man, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

ODELL SANDERS, 21, was arraigned today in Dorchester Municipal Court on charges of murder, being an accessory after the fact to murder, assault with intent to murder, and unlawful possession of a firearm. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Tara Burdman of the DA’s Homicide Unit, Judge Thomas Kaplanes ordered Sanders held without bail.

Shortly before 11:00 p.m. on July 25, Boston Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation indicating 13 shots fired in the area of Norfolk Street, which was followed by a report of a person shot. Upon their arrival, officers located Baez and an 18-year-old man seated inside a black SUV, each suffering from gunshot wounds. Baez died of a gunshot wound to the torso; the second man was severely injured and transported to Boston Medical Center.

Surveillance cameras captured a silver SUV pursuing the victims’ vehicle on Norfolk Street immediately before the shooting. Prosecutors said that shots were fired from the silver vehicle after it pulled up alongside the SUV at a traffic light. It then sped off.

Approximately an hour after the shooting, Boston Police located a silver 2012 Honda CRV in the driveway of Sanders’ Ellington Street residence that matched the suspect vehicle’s description. The Honda, which was registered to a relative of Sanders, had ballistic damage and a shattered window. During the execution of a search warrant, investigators located shell casings inside the vehicle – one of which was a ballistic match to those found at the scene of the fatal shooting, prosecutors said.

Jennifer Sears is the DA’s assigned victim witness advocate. Sanders is represented by Elda James. He returns to court Sept. 14.

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