Cambridge, MA - Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, Cambridge Police Commissioner Christine Elow and Somerville Chief of Police Charles Femino have announced that Lennox Pierre-Louis, 22, of Boston, has pled guilty in connection with shootings that occurred on March 11, 2022, and June 18, 2022, in Cambridge and on December 27, 2021, in Somerville.

Judge James Budreau sentenced Pierre-Louis to 5-6 years in state prison for the June of 2022 shooting incident, 2 ½ years in state prison for the March of 2022 shooting incident and 5-6 years state prison for the December of 2021 shooting incident concurrent with his sentence on the June 2022 incident.

On June 18, 2022, Cambridge Police responded to Hurley and Charles Streets for reports of multiple gunshots. When officers arrived on scene, they were able to collect nearly a dozen shell casings and observed that at least four vehicles and one building had been struck by bullets.

Pierre-Louis initially fled the scene but, after crashing the car he was operating a short time later, he was arrested in the area on an outstanding unrelated warrant. During the investigation into the shooting, detectives working with the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office located surveillance video footage of the shooting and the subsequent crash and were able to identify Pierre-Louis in connection with the shooting. Pierre-Louis had fired his gun at another male across the street, failed to hit him and then fled the scene. He was charged with armed assault to murder, carrying a firearm without a license, trafficking cocaine over 18 grams, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of personal injury and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.

During the investigation of several serious incidents where shots were fired in Cambridge and Somerville, police and prosecutors were able to connect Pierre-Louis to two other shootings.  The first, on December 27, 2021, on Marshall Street in Somerville, ballistic evidence was found in a playground in the early morning.  One shot struck the car of a man who was leaving to go to work.  The bullet passed through the passenger’s side and out the driver’s side of the vehicle, fortunately not striking the driver. The second, which occurred on March 11, 2022, on Windsor Street in Cambridge, three shots were fired.  A residence and a nearby building were struck.

Pierre-Louis also pled guilty to attempted assault and battery by discharge of a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling in connection with the Windsor Street shooting in Cambridge and attempted assault and battery by discharging a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition and discharging a firearm without a license in connection with the Marshall Street shooting in Somerville.

“Over the course of the past year we have seen an alarming increase in the frequency of random gun violence, especially among young people.  These bullets are striking homes and vehicles indiscriminately. Clearly, it is only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or killed.  Yet, we have not done enough to address the perpetrators’ complete lack of concern for public safety and the ripple effect that these dangerous incidents have on the well-being of the entire community,” said District Attorney Ryan. “We must attack this problem on all fronts. We have put tremendous resources into investigating these incidents and this case reflects that work.  Beyond that, we are championing legislation to address this issue, engaging the community, and working on progressive prevention.”

“This work is a fine example of the cooperative investigative and prosecutorial efforts between the Cambridge Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Section and Middlesex District Attorney’s Office,” said Deputy Superintendent Michael Medeiros.

These cases were prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Ashlee Mastrangelo and Victim Witness Advocate Teresa Corcoran.

To address this issue District Attorney Ryan has championed legislation that would establish an appropriate and precise charge for the act of intentionally discharging a firearm at a dwelling; and create a new felony offense that allows an individual to be charged who acts without regard for the risk of serious bodily injury to another but who shoots intentionally or recklessly.