2nd suspect accused in shooting death of Malden woman turns himself in
Boston police have arrested a second man in connection with the October shooting that left 18-year-old G'Kiyah Lewis dead.
Kwessi Silcott, 20, of Mattapan, turned himself in at a Roxbury police station on Friday, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. Silcott was wanted for murder and carrying a firearm without a license.
On Tuesday, another man, Dhkrai Wornum-Brown, was arrested at an apartment in Roxbury in connection with the same case . Wornum-Brown was arraigned Wednesday and is charged with first-degree murder and carrying a firearm without a license.
At Wornum-Brown's arraignment, the district attorney urged the second suspect to turn himself in .
On Oct. 11, Lewis was standing on the front porch of a house in Mattapan when she was shot, along with two men. Lewis was taken to a hospital and died from her injuries on Nov. 11. The other two victims survived.
Silcott is expected to be arraigned Friday in Dorchester. Wornum-Brown pleaded not guilty.
Lewis was a senior at Malden High School who loved fashion, the beach, bubble tea and taking photos, her mother, Rehema Grayson, told The Boston Globe . She had two younger sisters.
"That's my best friend and they stole her from me," said Grayson, 34. "Her school is hurting, our family is hurting, I'm hurting."
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