Overview

• James Brown, 23, was arrested Sept. 25 in Malden and is due in Norfolk Superior Court Oct. 1 on charges including murder, assault with intent to murder, and assault and battery with a firearm.
• State and local police say they apprehended Brown without incident at his residence and recovered additional evidence during a subsequent search.
• Franci Villar, 23, arrested July 20 and indicted on related charges, is scheduled for Norfolk Superior Court arraignment Oct. 2 and is being held without bail.
• Ivelisse D. Santiago, 24, pleaded not guilty to being an accessory after the fact and to carrying a firearm without a license and was released on $25,000 cash bail.
• The shooting occurred around 3:30 a.m. June 25 in the BJ’s parking lot on Providence Highway, killing 20-year-old Jaylani Cole and wounding another 20-year-old who is expected to survive.