3rd man arrested in connection with fatal Dorchester shooting

A third suspect was arrested Monday in connection with the Dec. 30 fatal shooting of a man on Geneva Avenue in Dorchester, police said.

Patrick Harland, 30, of South Boston, was arrested on a warrant at about 5:20 p.m. near North Point Park in Cambridge, police said. He was arraigned Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court on charges of first-degree murder, armed assault to murder, witness intimidation, accessory after the fact, and carrying a gun without a license.

Harland was ordered held without bail and will return to court on April 4, according to Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office.

Curtis Effee, 41, of Boston, was shot and killed shortly before 1 a.m. on Dec. 30.

The next day, police arrested two men — Tyreese Robinson, 19, of Randolph, and Dasahn Crowder, 21, of Quincy — in connection with the shooting, police said.

Prosecutors allege that on the evening of Dec. 29, Harland went to an apartment at 417 Geneva Ave. with his girlfriend, and after being there for hours, he, his girlfriend, and others got into a verbal altercation with Effee.

“Moments later, Dasahn Crowder and Tyreese Robinson arrived and a physical altercation involving Harland, his girlfriend and other witnesses erupted on the street,” Hayden’s office said in a statement. “During the altercation, Harland was seen brandishing a knife and pointing it at Effee. Crowder took out a firearm and opened fire toward Effee, who was standing by a crowdJ of people, including a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl. Robinson also took out a firearm and shot in the same direction. Effee was hit by the gunfire and died from his wounds. Crowder and Robinson both fled the scene in a car while Harland fled on foot.” Crowder and Robinson were charged with first-degree murder, and further investigation led to Harland’s indictment, officials said.