Boston Teens Charged With Killing 16-year-old After Setting Trap and Laying In Wait

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Two youths were caught on surveillance video laughing before they sprung their “trap,” opening fire on their “prey” — a teen riding a bike last week in Dorchester — prosecutors say, but the defendants’ lawyers are claiming mistaken identity.
Du’Shawn Taylor-Gennis, 16, and Raeshawn Moody, 14, both of Dorchester, shot at 16-year-old Jonathan Dos Santos at least five times, killing him with a single bullet to the back, assistant Suffolk District Attorney Jennifer Hickman said as the teens were arraigned yesterday. She provided no motive for what she called “the trap” at Washington and Fuller streets at 7:45 p.m. June 10.
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“The two defendants are clearly visible on that video,” Hickman said. “The two defendants appeared to be waiting for someone. They were observed walking up and down the sidewalk together, at times laughing, other times on the phone. And there were even times when the two defendants would actually look at the surveillance video cameras themselves.”
Then, Hickman said, Taylor-Gennis and Moody separated to opposite sides of the street, one remaining visible and the other hiding.
“Within minutes of setting up the trap, the prey arrived,” Hickman said. “That individual was Jonathan Dos Santos, age 16.”
Hickman said surveillance video shows Dos Santos pedaling toward Washington and Fuller, where he spotted the visible suspect on the sidewalk.
“The two young men appear to acknowledge one another,” the prosecutor said, “and Mr. Dos Santos stopped his bike across from where that individual was located. The video shows the defendant on the sidewalk make a gesture that appears to startle Mr. Dos Santos. Mr. Dos Santos is observed on video ducking and appearing to turn away.”
Hickman said the second defendant then emerges. “He came up from behind, took out a firearm and shot five times in the direction of Mr. Dos Santos,” she said, as sobs sounded in the courtroom. She did not specify which defendant took which role. Police reports state Dos Santos “was shot at by two different shooters.”

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DA: Teens set deadly ‘trap’
Pair arraigned in shooting of 16-year-old
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
By: Laurel Sweet, Antonio Planas
Boston Herald