A 19-year-old Cambridge man has been charged with armed assault with intent to murder in connection wit an Oct. 6 shooting near Russeull Field in North Cambridge that left another man injured, according the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.
Jayven McNealy allegedly fired multiple rounds from a sidewalk across from the Alewife Station bus turnaround at about 3:20 p.m., striking a 47-year-old Cambridge man and a parked vehicle, prosecutors said. McNealy allegedly fled the scene before being arrested Tuesday, following an investigation that included witness interviews and surveillance footage.
McNealy pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday. He was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23.
In addition to armed assault with intent to murder, McNealy faces several firearm-related charges, including assault and battery with a firearm causing serious bodily injury, unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. He also faces two counts of destruction of property over $1,200.
The shooting was followed less than two days later by another shooting near Columbia Terrace in Central Square, which also left one person injured. The two incidents prompted Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui and Acting Police Commissioner Pauline Wells to hold community meetings Oct. 12 and 13 in North Cambridge and Central Square. At these events, residents raised concerns about gun violence and the city’s emergency communications, according to The Harvard Crimson.
During the meetings, Wells said neither shooting was random, although police had not publicly established a connection between the two incidents. Residents also questioned whether the city had done enough to notify families about the shootings, particularly the Russell Field incident, which occurred just five minutes after students were dismissed from nearby Peabody Elementary School and Rindge Avenue Upper School.
“This shooting which occurred in the middle of the afternoon in a busy area of Cambridge, near Alewife Station, not only injured the victim but put numerous other members of the community at risk,” District Attorney Marian Ryan said in a statement.
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