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Xavier Bautista, 32, a father and city worker, was wearing his work clothes when he was confronted by masked men and was fatally shot.
A second suspect was arrested in connection with the July 4 fatal shooting of a Cambridge Department of Public Works employee, authorities announced Thursday.
Giovani Arroyo, 22, of Boston, is charged with murder, conspiracy, and carrying a firearm without a license in the death of Xavier Bautista, 32, the Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge Police Commissioner Pauline Wells said in a press release.
Arroyo pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail during his arraignment in Cambridge District Court on Thursday, court records show.
The shooting occurred around 4:30 a.m. on July 4 near Broadway and Norfolk Street, authorities said previously.
After leaving his home wearing his navy-blue Cambridge DPW uniform, Bautista was confronted by multiple men wearing masks. The men fled in a white Dodge Ram pickup truck after shooting Bautista, prosecutors said.
An hour had passed before a pedestrian discovered Bautista’s body and called 911. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined he died from two gunshot wounds, according to the DA’s office.
About a week after the shooting, Rayquon Brown, 29, of Canton, was arrested and charged with murder, carrying a firearm without a license, being an armed career criminal, and conspiring to commit murder.
Brown allegedly acted as a “lookout” and “potential backup” during the attack, according to Ryan’s office.
Investigators determined Brown and Bautista did not know each other, according to the DA’s office. Authorities did not specify if there is a known relationship between Bautista and Arroyo at this time.
Attorney information for Arroyo was not immediately available. His probable cause hearing is scheduled for Oct. 15, court records indicate.
The killing has renewed debate over ShotSpotter, the controversial gunshot detection technology that the Cambridge City Council voted to stop using less than two months before Bautista’s death.
On Aug. 3, the City Council voted to temporarily restore ShotSpotter in areas where it was previously used, while the city forms a Civic Assembly — a randomly selected group of Cambridge residents to review expert testimony, and provide recommendations regarding the technology.
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