Overview
- A shooting on June 27 on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan left 26-year-old Brockton resident Jose Dantes dead and four other men hospitalized.
- Prosecutors filed charges on July 9 accusing Cerron Wilcox-Buford of assault to murder and Laquan Burris of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
- Wilcox-Buford was taken into custody by a U.S. Marshals task force in Jamaica Plain on Friday, July 10, and Burris surrendered at Dorchester District Court on Wednesday, July 15.
- Authorities have not publicly updated the medical condition of the four wounded victims and the Marshals’ statement offered condolences but no patient details.
- Both men are held on court-ordered bail following arraignments and the arrests highlight the U.S. Marshals’ role in locating suspects for local prosecutions.