BOSTON, July 25, 2016—A third defendant was arrested yesterday and arraigned today on murder and other charges connected to the shooting death last month of 17-year-old Raekwon Brown, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

JADEN WAITERS (D.O.B. 7/23/96) of Dorchester was held without bail today on one count of murder and two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, the same offenses for which his two co-defendants, JONATHAN AGUASVIVAS (D.O.B. 11/25/92) of Roxbury and BENZY BAIN (D.O.B. 12/17/91) of Mattapan, have already been arraigned.

Waiters, Agusasvivas, and Bain are accused of taking part in the June 8 shooting that claimed Brown’s life and left three others injured near the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester. Brown was pronounced deceased at the scene; two other victims, ages 16 and 17, were transported to area hospitals where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries; and a fourth victim, a woman in her 60s, was treated at the scene for a non-life threatening injury.

The investigation that followed, which entailed the retrieval and analysis of video footage from cameras in the area as well as other forms of evidence, led to the arrests of Aguasvivas and Bain on June 22. Both men were arraigned the same day and held without bail. Additional evidence gathered since that time led to Waiters’ identification as the third participant in Brown’s homicide and the nonfatal shootings.

Conley said that anyone with additional information can feel safe sharing it with Boston Police homicide detectives at 617-343-4470. Tipsters who wish to remain anonymous may do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).

Waiters was represented by attorney Robert Sheketoff. He, Aguasvivas, and Bain are all due back in court on Sept. 7.

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All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.