On the summer evening of August 22, 2008, the life of 41-year-old Courtney Wilson, an African-American man, was tragically cut short in Boston, Massachusetts. He was found shot at 140 Northern Avenue, a location on the city's waterfront. The Boston Police Department responded to the scene, and it was later determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner that his death was a homicide.
Originally from Jamaica, Wilson had made a life for himself in the United States after arriving in 1993. A resident of Brockton, he worked as a self-employed painter. He was a husband to Jacqueline Wilson and a father to his three children, Regina, Shantay, and Courtney Wilson, Jr.
The investigation into the fatal shooting of Courtney Wilson has yet to bring his killer or killers to justice. To date, no arrests have been made in the case, and there have been no publicly identified suspects. His murder is now listed among the city's unsolved homicides for that year, a painful reminder of a life taken and a case that remains open, awaiting a break that might one day provide answers and closure for his family.
