A man killed in a shooting Sunday evening in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood has been identified, along with his suspected killer, police said Tuesday.
Riccardy Romain, a 51-year-old from Chesterfield, Virginia, has been charged with murder and carrying a loaded firearm without a license in the fatal shooting, Boston police said. He was ordered held without bail and he's set to return to court on Aug. 23 for a probable cause hearing. Attorney information wasn't immediately available.
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The shooting at Blue Hill Avenue and Washington Street about 7:47 p.m. Sunday left Mattapan resident Jackson Beausejour, 33, with an apparent gunshot wound to the neck, police and the district attorney said. He was rushed to Boston Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said later Tuesday that video captured on a witness’s cellphone helped lead to Romain's arrest in the case.
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According to Assistant District Attorney Sarah McEvoy, officers who responded to the shooting Sunday night were approached by a witness who showed them video in which a man with a backward baseball cap, gray beard, light gray t-shirt, dark gray pants and black sneakers could be seen holding a dark-colored firearm in his hand and pointing it at the victim, who then fell to the ground.
The video also showed a black Cadillac pickup truck with an attached U-Haul trailer fleeing the scene, McEvoy said.
Several minutes after police were shown the video, officers spotted the vehicle and trailer stopped at the intersection of Elm Hill Avenue and Warren Street, less than a half-mile from the shooting scene.
The driver, later identified as Romain, and his juvenile passenger were ordered by police to get out of the truck. McEvoy said Romain's clothing matched what the shooter was wearing in the witness's cellphone video, and two loaded pistols were found in his truck.
Both Romain and his passenger were handcuffed, but only Romain has been charged in the shooting.
Police are continuing to investigate what happened and have asked anyone with information to call detectives at 617-343-4470 or, if they wish to submit information anonymously, by calling 1-800-494-TIPS or texting "TIP" to CRIME (27463).
If you have been impacted by homicide, survivor outreach services are available. Contact the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute at 617-825-1917 Ext. 119 or visit the website LDBPeaceInstitute.org for more information.
The shooting was one of several violent incidents across the city Sunday and Monday, which Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden addressed at a news conference as he called on the public to provide information that could help investigators.
Tuesday, Hayden praised the witness who gave police the video that led to Romain's arrest.
“These are the positive things that happen when community members step forward. We’re charging this man today largely due to this person’s brave decision to provide police the information they needed to identify the vehicle and arrest the person inside," Hayden said in a statement.
"We saw some terrible violence on Sunday, violence that our neighborhoods cannot accept and must not ignore," he added. "If we as a city and a society want to reduce this gun violence we need to work together to identify the people with the illegal guns and get them off the streets. That’s exactly what happened here and I pray it keeps happening."
