Family Mourns Slain Teen
Recent High School Graduate Shot In South End
POSTED: 6:29 pm EDT June 26,
2006
UPDATED: 6:42 pm EDT June 26,
2006
BOSTON -- A South End teenager who became Boston's most recent murder victim Sunday night had an outstanding record of achievement.NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported that Abdirauf Abdullahi was a refugee from Somalia and an American success story in the making.Two 15-year-olds have been charged in connection with Abdullahi's death."He was such a good kid. Everyone loved him. He was loved by everybody," said Ashma Abdulkadir, Abdullahi's cousin.Prosecutors said that Abdullahi and a friend were walking home through Peter's Park in the South End at about 11:30 p.m. Abdullahi was shot once in the chest.Eloy Sierra of Randolph was ordered held without after his arraignment in court Monday. Another 15-year-old was arraigned in Boston Juvenile Court and held on $200,000 bail.Abdullahi was a recent graduate of Concord Carlisle High School.
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