Mattapan man charged with murder, his pregnant girlfriend accused of being getaway driver

A Boston man is suspected of shooting another man at close range on Blue Hill Avenue and then riding in his girlfriend's car. The girlfriend, who was seven months pregnant, is accused of being an accessory to murder.

Triston Jules, 37, of Mattapan, pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston to the murder of George Deeble, 42, of Dorchester. He also faces three weapons offenses in connection with the murder – a charge the defendant is familiar with because he has been arrested three times before on weapons offenses and does not have a firearms license, according to court records.

While Jules sat handcuffed in the dock and surrounded by court officials, his girlfriend and co-defendant Shaharazahd Baker was not arrested. She appeared in court, apparently pregnant with their child, and pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting murder.

Clerk of Court Edward Curley ordered Jules' detention. State's Attorney Caitlin Grasso did not request Baker's detention, citing her pregnancy. However, Grasso requested Baker's release on the condition that she have no contact with witnesses in the case, and Curley granted that request.

At approximately 4:45 a.m. on April 27, phones and alarms rang at the Mattapan Boston Police Department. Multiple calls reported a person shot at the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street. These reports were confirmed by the activation of ShotSpotter technology, which had detected five gunshots in the area just minutes earlier.

When police arrived, they found a man they identified as Deeble suffering from gunshot wounds. Boston EMS took him to Boston Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead.

Prosecutor Grasso summarized the alleged content of the crime scene surveillance footage as it occurred. She said investigators saw a man they identified as Jules standing in the passenger side of a copper-colored 2019 BMW i8 when a white SUV pulled up next to the BMW. Deeble, the passenger, opened the door and began chatting with the driver of the BMW, keeping his hand on the SUV's door frame the entire time.

Then a dark colored sedan, which Grasso says was driven by Baker, pulls up in front of Deeble's SUV and double parks. Baker then gets out and walks toward the other two cars while Jules also walks toward Deeble. Grasso says he extends his right hand and then fires five shots at Deeble before running back to Baker's car and the two drive away.

When police arrested Jules on June 4, he allegedly had a fanny pack containing a 9mm Taurus G2C pistol, which he did not have a permit for. During an interview, he allegedly admitted to firing but claimed it was in self-defense. He also allegedly identified Baker as the person who picked him up from the crime scene.