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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v Tony Dyshaun Harris
Suspect in parking lot shooting linked to gun and rental car
| Crime | In the early morning of October 14, 2017, Kevin Raymond, a 20 year-old Franklin Pierce University football player, was shot in a parking lot in Somerville, MA. The victim was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. |
| Evidence | Police collected a firearm and cartridge casings located in an area near the crime. Police also swabbed the steering wheel of a rental car, connected to the shooting via video, for DNA. |
| DNA | The Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory generated DNA data from the evidence items. |
| Match | Due to the complexity of the mixtures, each containing four or more contributors, the lab could not fully interpret the data. |
| TrueAllele | On the same DNA data, the computer’s statistic connecting the firearm and shell casings with Tony Harris was 277 million. A match statistic also connected Mr. Harris to the rental car with a value of 3.08 million. |
| Cybergenetics | On May 25, 2023, DNA analyst Jennifer Bracamontes testified before a Middlesex County jury in Woburn, MA about the computer’s DNA match statistics. |
| Outcome | On June 6, 2023, a jury found Tony Harris guilty of second degree murder, which carries a life sentence with the possibility of parole. |
Media
- ‘He didn’t deserve it’ — Family, friends mourn slain Somerville man Boston Globe
- One October fatal shooting has a suspect; police charge Everett man with homicide (update) Cambridge Day
- Court date today for fatal shooting suspect Boston Herald
- Everett man held without bail In murder Of 20-year-old In Somerville WBZ