December 9, 2024
Fresh News for the Neighborhood You Love
Kenneth Lamour, 21, of Hyde Park, was the man shot to death on Centre Street between the Monument and Murray Circle on Monday, according to prosecutors.
His alleged killer, Josiah Zachery, 18, is also from Hyde Park.
Jamaica Plain News is seeking full information on Lamour. We have confirmed with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office that his record included an alleged stomp-down of a Department of Youth Services worker when he was 18.
Police have identified the alleged killer in Wednesday’s Centre Street violence. Police arrested and charged Josiah Zachery, 18, of Hyde Park with murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and assault by means of a dangerous weapon on a police officer.
Police say at least some of those involved with Wednesday’s fatal shooting on Centre Street were part of the Roca program, which works to keep young people out of jail.
The Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday denied Ed “Butchie” Corliss’s appeal of his 2011 conviction for gunning down convenience store clerk Surendra Dangol. Corliss, who was out on parole in a prior killing of a convenience store employee, shot Dangol while robbing the Tedeschi’s at the Monument.
This map, created by Welcome to Dot, shows Part I crimes (i.e. the most serious ones) graphed within a quarter-mile radius. Credit: Welcome to Dot
Statistically, the most serious crimes are down 11 percent in JP for 2014. That’s according to Boston Police Sgt. Beth Leary, who passed along that information at Monday night’s Jamaica Pond Association meeting.
Two men admitted their roles in shooting 14-year-old Jaewon Martin on a Jackson Square basketball court in 2010, Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley announced Thursday.
