A Revere woman is facing charges in connection with shooting a man, pistol-whipping two other adults and punching a 15-year-old — all of which she had no prior relationship with — during a May attack in East Boston, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.
Amaya Yarde Lydon, 21, pleaded not guilty to charges including armed assault with intent to murder, four assault and battery charges and four firearms charges in connection with the attack during her arraignment in Suffolk County Superior Court on Thursday, the district attorney’s office said in a press release. Her lawyer could not be reached for comment Thursday evening.
In the span of a few minutes on the night of May 10, Yarde Lydon attacked four different victims who were previously unknown to her near Maverick Square, according to prosecutors.
The attacks began with a confrontation and altercation with a 15-year-old on the inbound platform of the Maverick subway station around 10:40 p.m., the district attorney’s office said. During the attack, she punched and pushed the teen.
Yarde Lydon then left the station, and within minutes, she pistol-whipped two other victims with a 9mm, semiautomatic handgun multiple times, the district attorney’s office said. The two victims were eating dinner from a food truck near Lewis Mall when she attacked them.
Yarde Lydon then noticed a bystander who was recording the attack on a cell phone and fired five shots at him, hitting him in the left arm, hip, abdomen and right buttocks, the district attorney’s office said. At 10:44 p.m., she tried to flee the scene via Maverick station, but was stopped by Boston police.
“This chaotic spasm of violence left four people injured and probably many others traumatized by witnessing such terrible scenes,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in the release.
A grand jury indicted Yarde Lydon on the charges on June 26, according to court records. A judge found her dangerous during her arraignment and ordered her held on $5,000 bail with release conditions including that she wear a GPS location-monitoring bracelet, be confined to her home, not possess any firearms, have no contact with any witnesses in the case or their families, remain alcohol and drug free, abide by her health care providers’ treatment plan and continue going to therapy.
Yarde Lydon is due back in court for a pretrial conference on Aug. 26.
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