Dewane Tse, of Providence, though not the gunman in the fatal shooting of Yashua Amado, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for playing a role in the 2018 killing in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, officials said.
A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted Tse, 37, of first degree murder and armed assault with intent to murder for taking part in the shooting of Amado, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s office. The jury found that Tse had rented a car to drive the gunman, still unidentified, to and from the shooting.
The shooting on Aug. 14, 2018 shattered a quiet morning on Deering Road, off of Blue Hill Avenue. Just before 10 a.m., as Amado, 29, and two friends sat in a car on the side street after picking up breakfast in Mattapan Square, the shooter approached the car and fire multiple shots through the driver’s side window and windshield, the district attorney said.
The jury found that Tse had rented a GMC Acadia two days prior to the shooting, the same car that security cameras showed followed Amado and his friends to Mattapan Square and back to Deering Road that morning. For three minutes, officials said, the car was parked on the side street during the shooting, allowing the gunman to kill Amado before returning to the car and leaving the scene.
An hour later, Tse returned the rented car, prosecutors said.
Judge Anthony Campo ordered Tse to serve life in prison, the mandatory sentence for first degree murder. Tse will also serve a 10 year sentence at the same time for the armed assault. He was found not guilty of a second charge of armed assault with intent to murder.
“The Amado family will never again be whole. The Mattapan community where Yashua was murdered has been repeatedly traumatized by senseless violence and homicide. We cannot and will not tolerate this,” District Attorney Kevin Hayden, sworn in this week, said. “Today’s sentencing ensures that one of the individuals who executed Yashua Amado has been held accountable. However, the individual who armed himself with a gun and robbed Yashua of his life remains unidentified and at large.”
Amado was remembered by his father as a “truly enlightened soul” in an impact statement given to the court.
“No words can begin to express the grief that plagues my heart and mind each day of my life, due to the loss of my son Yashua,” he wrote. “The emotions that surge through my body are unexplainable and overwhelming.”
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