BrittBoston Police report [2] arresting Andrew Britt, 18, on charges he shot Shawn Taylor to death [3] on Copeland Street on Dec. 11.
He is scheduled for arraignment today in Roxbury District Court.
On July 13 of last year, Britt was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after allegedly stabbing a man in the chest.
According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, Britt was at a post-funeral reception at the American Legion post on Blue Hill Avenue when a post worker tried to break up an argument between two women. Britt allegedly responded to that by stabbing the worker in the chest.
Prosecutors asked for $10,000 bail, but Dorchester District Court Judge Kenneth Desmond reduced that to $1,000, the DA's office reports.
Innocent, etc.