Fitz Robert, a 39-year-old Black man, was shot on the porch of a residence at 131 Harold Street in Roxbury late on December 28, 2012. Patrol officers reported hearing gunfire near Harold and Harrishof streets and, on arrival, found him gravely wounded; he was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The shooting capped a violent year in Boston and added another loss to a neighborhood long shadowed by recurring bursts of street violence.
Boston Police records list the case under unsolved homicides for 2012 and identify the victim as Fitz Robert, age 39, noting the outside scene at 131 Harold Street. A death notice published days later recorded his name as Fitz Paul Robert and gave a date of death of December 29, 2012—consistent with a shooting late on the previous night and a death shortly thereafter. Together, these records anchor the time, place, and identity of the victim even as the broader circumstances remained unsettled.
Authorities appealed for information from the public in the immediate aftermath, but publicly available records do not show any arrests or the naming of suspects in connection with Robert’s killing. The case continues to appear on the Boston Police Department’s roster of previous-years homicide investigations, reflecting its unresolved status.
