Suspect in Dudley Terrace Shooting Held Without Bail

BOSTON, MA — A 22-year-old Hyde Park man accused in a murder earlier this month was held without bail after appearing in court Monday, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

The Boston Police Department said it arrested Aaron Almeida Saturday in Dorchester around 10:45 a.m.

He is accused in the Aug. 20 shooting death of 35-year-old Dorchester resident Ailton Goncalves. A woman, who is in her 30s, according to the DA's office, was also shot. She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, according to the Boston Police Department.

Almeida was arraigned Monday in Roxbury Municipal Court on charges of armed assault with intent to murder, aggravated assault, and unlawful possession of a firearm.

According to the DA's office, Goncalves was with a group of friends socializing and “minding his own business” at the end of Dudley Terrace when the incident occurred. Shortly after midnight, a woman unconnected with the group came out of a nearby building, according to the DA's release.

Video surveillance footage and additional evidence led Boston Police to arrest Almeida.

According to the DA's office, that evidence shows Almeida opened fired from down the block after the woman came outside, hitting Goncalves and the woman "multiple times before running from the scene."

The woman remains hospitalized with serious and possibly life-altering injuries, according to the DA's office.

Boston Police reportedly used a search warranted to recover from Almeida's frequent addresses clothing identical to those worn by the shooter in the surveillance footage, as well as two firearms.

The investigation into the shooting remains active, and police ask that anyone with additional information share it with Boston Police homicide detectives by calling 617-343-4470.

Almeida returns to court on Oct. 5.

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