BOSTON — A cold case murder over angel dust in Southie has resulted in the arrest of a 61-year-old in a slaying tied to serial killer James “Whitey” Bulger.
Michael Lewis was arrested in South Boston by Boston Police on Friday. He will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday for first-degree murder. He is charged with shooting Brian Watson, 23, in July 1984. Lewis was 24 at the time of the murder.
“This was a true team effort to help indict and charge a homicide that hearkens back to a very different Boston. Brian Watson was a young father cut down seemingly on a whim. A remarkably cold-blooded whim,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden said.
