DA: SHOOTER ON SCOOTER HELD ON $250G BAIL

A Dorchester man who allegedly shot another man in the head from the back of a scooter was held on $250,000 bail yesterday and had his bail revoked in a previous case also alleging gun charges and evading police on a motor bike, according to the Suffolk district attorney.

Kevin Woods, 19, allegedly fired on a 20-year-old victim while his 17-year-old codefendant drove the scooter. Both pleaded not guilty on charges of armed assault with intent to murder, armed carjacking, and multiple firearms offenses.

The juvenile, a resident of Salem, was additionally charged with leaving the scene of a collision causing injury, according to prosecutors.

“It’s chilling to think just how easily this could have become a homicide,” Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said. “The victim could have been killed. Anyone on that street, in the middle of a weekday afternoon, could have been killed.”

Assistant District Attorney Daniel Nucci said in court Woods was a passenger on a white scooter driven by the juvenile along Centre Street in Dorchester about 4:25 Monday afternoon. Wearing a hooded sweatshirt, Woods allegedly fired a handgun, striking the 20-year-old victim in the left side of the head, causing serious injuries.

The pair fled on the scooter until they crashed into a car in the area of Gibson and Sturtevant streets, where they allegedly attempted to carjack the driver, prosecutors said. The pair fled again, this time on foot, until they were caught with the assistance of witnesses.

Investigators recovered a hoodie nearby. Two Smith & Wesson revolvers were wrapped inside, prosecutors said.

Boston police Commissioner William B. Evans said after the arrest Monday, “I can’t say enough about the outstanding cooperation between community members and my officers that led to the swift arrests of the suspects wanted in connection to this incident.”

At his arraignment yesterday, Dorchester Municipal Court Judge James Coffey also revoked Woods’ bail on a 2017 case charging unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, failure to stop for police, resisting arrest, and receiving a stolen motor vehicle.

Woods is due back in court June 20; his juvenile co-defendant is due back June 4.