Violence in our neighborhood

[mem_winterhill]

Yesterday I learned about a murder in our neighborhood, and I wanted to pass along what I found out. First reports incorrectly located the death to Assembly area, but it was actually in the Mystic housing. (There is a Canal St in Assembly, and a Canal Lane in Mystic).

Local coverage:

Patch https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/fatal-shootings-somerville-cambridge-overnight

Cambridge Day http://www.cambridgeday.com/2017/10/14/pair-of-fatal-overnight-shootings-took-place-in-cambridge-somerville-authorities-say/

WCVB: http://www.wcvb.com/article/two-men-dead-after-shootings-in-cambridge-somerville/13021764

I talked to Jesse Clingan about it at our community event last night, and he has posted this on his site: https://www.facebook.com/JesseClinganForWard4/posts/865060993643874

My heart goes to all who knew and loved this young man. Kevin Raymond, aged 20, was senselessly murdered early Saturday morning in Somerville.

Kevin attended the Healey Elementary School and graduated from Somerville High School in 2015. He was an athlete who excelled at football, playing for Somerville High and then going on Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire.

Kevin held such promise and now thanks to this violent act we will never know what could have been.

I trust the Somerville Police Department is working hard to bring Kevin's murderers to justice, but they need the public's help. If you have any information you think may be helpful please call the Somerville Police Department. Our community must not let this crime go unpunished. This was a violent act against us all. Rest In Peace Kevin.

Well said, Jesse. We will need to know what happened and think about ways we can work to prevent additional situations like this in the future.

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[mem_winterhill]

I just found out at the WHNA meeting that there is a gofundme for expenses for his family.

https://www.gofundme.com/4kqww3k