BARNSTABLE — A Rockland man, who police say was the driver in a June 25 drive-by shooting in Hyannis, was ordered held without bail pending trial after a Barnstable District Court judge determined Friday he was too dangerous to be released.
Chrystian Anderson, 20, of Rockland, faces five charges including assault to murder with a gun, all tied to the drive-by. A 16-year-old boy, who police say fired 11 rounds into a crowd on Main Street, was also charged and is being held without bail.
The victim, a 19-year-old man with whom the 16-year-old had earlier argued, was shot in both legs while hanging out with four friends in front of the Hyannis Inn, 473 Main St. around 4:30 p.m., authorities said.
In Barnstable District Court on Friday, Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Michael Donovan played several videos police had obtained from buildings on and around Main Street, and called as a witness Barnstable police Sgt. Mark Butler, who wrote the warrant for Anderson’s arrest.
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Donovan described the events of that day and argued that due to the “spectacularly brazen nature of this offense,” Anderson was too dangerous to be released under any conditions pending trial. Defense attorney Ellen Garnett disagreed, saying her client had a place to live and the promise of a job. She requested a maximum of $2,500 cash bail and said Anderson would be willing to wear a GPS ankle monitor and abide by a curfew.
The judge ruled for the prosecution, ordering Anderson held. He is scheduled to return to court on Aug. 4 for a probable cause hearing.
In Friday’s hearing, Butler narrated what police believe to be the timeline of the shooting, offering supporting testimony for the surveillance videos. As a black Ford Fusion, driven by Anderson and carrying the teen, approached High School Road on Main Street, it pulled from the right lane to the left lane and the teen rolled down the rear window, according to Butler and surveillance footage.
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The teen fired 11 shots in quick succession at a group of five men, video from the inn showed. The Fusion then took off, turning on High School Road and accelerating to a “high rate of speed towards South Street,” Butler said.
Dashcam footage from another driver showed that the Fusion ran the stop sign at High School Road and South Street and collided with two oncoming cars. The Fusion spun to a stop and both passengers got out and ran into the woods behind houses on South Street, Butler said.
The pair reemerged on Pearl Street, surveillance footage showed, and they returned to Main Street, where videos from Torino restaurant provided police the best footage of their appearance. Police used that and items found in the car to identify and detain the two suspects, according to police reports.
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Once Anderson was in custody, Butler said he willingly admitted to everything the police attributed to him. He said the teen had asked for a ride from West Yarmouth to see a girl in Hyannis. The teen sat in the backseat, but Anderson said he did not expect him to roll down the window and fire when they passed the group in front of the Hyannis Inn, according to Butler.
Donovan said he does not believe Anderson had prior knowledge of the teen’s plan.
The teen, Butler said, was involved in an ongoing feud with the five men and had gotten into a dispute with them not an hour earlier, police reports say.
Witnesses described a truck containing the boy rear-ended another vehicle in front of the Hyannis Inn around 3:45 p.m. on June 25. The group of five approached the truck. At that time, the boy and the 19-year-old man argued. The 16-year-old boy returned and shot him 45 minutes later, police say.
The wounded man was taken to Cape Cod Hospital before being flown to Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, and Butler said that last he had heard, less than a week ago, the man was still in the hospital.
Butler stressed that except for Anderson, the two groups were all people known to police, having caused a number of problems in recent months, many involving guns. The teen was also arraigned last week in connection with a May 27 shooting in Craigville Beach, though authorities said Thursday he was not believed to be the shooter in that case.
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