In the early, cold hours of January 27, 2016, the life of Alvin Trizzy Sealey Jr., a 19-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short on a street in Boston. He was found on Washington Street near Dunbar Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood, having been shot in the head. First responders arrived at the scene around 1:40 a.m. and pronounced him dead. The young man became the city's third homicide victim of the year in what authorities believed was not a random act of violence.
A law enforcement official stated that Sealey was "clearly targeted."
Known to his friends and family as "Trizzy," Alvin was remembered as a hardworking and outgoing young man. His grieving father, Alvin Sealey Sr., described his son as a happy person who was trying to live his life to the fullest. He was employed at two jobs and possessed a talent for playing the piano. His father lamented the senselessness of the violence, speaking of a proliferation of guns and people resorting to them over minor disputes. He made public pleas for anyone with information to come forward to the police, believing that someone must have witnessed the shooting.
In the days and years that followed, the investigation into Alvin Sealey Jr.'s murder continued, but the case grew cold. Despite the efforts of the Boston Police Department and the heartfelt appeals from his family, no arrests have been made in connection with his death. His case remains an unsolved homicide, a painful reality for a family and community still seeking justice. Tragically, Alvin's father passed away in March of the following year, without ever seeing anyone held accountable for his son's murder. The loss of the vibrant young man who juggled two jobs and loved music left a void in the lives of those who knew him.
