Man to get life for murder outside Mattapan party

A Suffolk Superior Court jury yesterday found Abdullah Yasin, 24, of Jamaica Plain, guilty of second-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the 2016 stomping and shooting death of Chaz Burton at a River Street party, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

The verdict means a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole in 15 years.

The jury found Fabian Llano, 27, of Lynn, guilty of two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and a single count of misleading a police officer. Both defendants had been indicted for first-degree murder for what authorities say was basically a group murder. Seven other people were also indicted for Burton's death. Benjamin Tate, 25, faces a trial for first-degree murder later this year. One man has pleaded guilty to lesser charges; the remaining five people face trials later this year.

According to the DA's office:

During the course of the trial, Assistant District Attorney Tara Burdman of the DA’s Homicide Unit presented evidence and testimony to prove that Burton attended a party at a River Street residence during the early morning hours of March 27, 2016, but left with a group of acquaintances after becoming involved in a verbal altercation with two individuals acquainted with Yasin and Llano.

After leaving the party, however, Burton again encountered those individuals outside and the two groups became involved in a physical altercation. During the incident, a group that included Yasin and Llano spilled out of the party and joined in the fracas. Burton attempted to flee but was pursued by the group as he ran inside the building where the party was held, the evidence showed.

The assault on Burton continued inside the building, where, the evidence proved, Llano threw a metal stand that struck the victim. Burton was shot during the assault and attempted to run for an exit before collapsing. A security camera inside the building captured Yasin and Llano stomp on Burton’s head as he lay mortally wounded, prosecutors proved.