A second man has been arrested more than seven months after a shooting that critically injured an autistic girl, also leaving her younger brother and three other people hurt.
More than seven months after a shooting that injured five people in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, a second suspect has been arrested.
Two children, one of whom is autistic, were among those hurt in the gunfire on Ames Street on Sept. 17.
Police said Wednesday that 25-year-old Micah Ennis was arrested Wednesday in Roxbury. He was named a suspect at the time.
Ennis is charged with five counts of armed assault to murder, as well as unlawful firearm possession. He will be arraigned Thursday in Suffolk Superior Court.
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It was not immediately clear if Ennis had an attorney.
Gianni Johnson of Dorchester was arrested on similar charges days after the shooting. He also faces a charge of unlawful possession of a machine gun.
Autistic teenager Juliana Howard and her younger brother, Johan, were among those injured. One shot hit Juliana in the head, and she was left in critical condition.
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The children were playing outside their home when they were shot.
"I was actually getting out of the shower preparing for the next day for work, then I get this phone call," recalled their father, John Howard. "It was just so unreal."
