Deyquan Gomez

Death by Force

A bright winter afternoon turned tragic for 14-year-old Deyquan Gomez, an African-American male, on February 10, 2010. Around 3:15 p.m., the ninth-grader from Mattapan was shot multiple times in front of 619 Cummins Highway in Boston. Rushed to Brigham and Women's Hospital, the young man succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead, leaving a community in shock and a family heartbroken.

Deyquan was a student at Jeremiah Burke High School in Dorchester. His death prompted an outpourin ...Read More

Family, school mourn teen's death - Boston Herald

14-year-old shot to death on Cummins Highway | Dorchester Reporter

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