Boston Police have arrested the third and final man sought in connection with a shooting that occurred in the early morning hours of May 12, 2026, in the area of 25 Dacia Street in Dorchester.
At approximately 1:20 a.m., officers responded to a radio call for a person shot in the area of 25 Dacia Street. Prior to their arrival, ShotSpotter technology registered multiple activations, one at 30 Dacia Street and one at 23 Dacia Street.
Officers canvassing the area found ballistic damage to several nearby homes and a parked vehicle, along with numerous shell casings and blood trails in the vicinity of 25 and 33 Dacia Street. Residents at the scene were not harmed.
While officers were still arriving, hospital staff at Boston Medical Center notified police that a shooting victim had been dropped off at the hospital’s Harrison Avenue entrance by a BMW SUV. Two additional men were seen fleeing the vehicle on foot toward Harrison Avenue.
Detectives recovered surveillance footage showing a BMW SUV pull into the shared driveway between 33 and 25 Dacia Street, where a Jeep was parked nearby. Three occupants exited the BMW and opened fire toward the Jeep as it fled the area. Surveillance footage indicates that one of the three men was struck by gunfire from one of his own companions during the exchange.
That same BMW was tracked on camera fleeing the scene and traveling directly to Boston Medical Center, consistent with the vehicle that dropped off the wounded man at the hospital.
Through a combination of surveillance footage, physical evidence, and follow-up investigation, investigators identified all three men who exited the BMW and opened fire.
Tyrus Farrell-Woodson, 24, of the South End, was identified and taken into custody by officers on the night of the incident, May 12, 2026. He was arraigned and charged with:
- Unlawful possession of a firearm
- Carrying a loaded firearm
- Unlawful possession of ammunition
- Assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (firearm)
- Two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon (firearm)
Chivaughn Nettles, 21, of the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, was identified through further investigation. On May 21, 2026, Roxbury District Court issued an arrest warrant along with a search warrant for his residence. Boston Police Fugitive Unit officers took Nettles into custody without incident the following morning, May 22, 2026, at his Huntington Avenue residence, and he was arraigned in Roxbury District Court. A search of the home turned up an empty ammunition magazine and other evidence linked to the shooting. He was charged with:
- Unlawful possession of a firearm, second offense
- Carrying a loaded firearm, second offense
- Attempted assault and battery by means of a firearm
- Two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon (firearm)
- Discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building
- Unlawful possession of ammunition, subsequent offense
Dacorsey Washington, 21, of the South End, was the man who suffered a gunshot wound during the incident. Roxbury District Court issued an arrest warrant for Washington on May 21, 2026. Washington remained outstanding until Monday, July 27, 2026, when Boston Police Fugitive Unit officers located and arrested him without incident at a residence in Brockton. He was transported to District B-2 for booking and charged with:
- Unlawful possession of a firearm
- Carrying a loaded firearm
- Unlawful possession of ammunition
- Discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building
- Two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon (firearm)
With Washington’s arrest, all three men believed to have participated in the shooting are now in custody. This investigation, which spanned multiple units including District B-2 officers and detectives, the Homicide Unit, the Crime Scene Response Unit, and the Fugitive Unit, reflects the sustained, coordinated work of investigators over more than two months to bring the case to a close.