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Curtis Ashford Jr. died Wednesday night after someone shot him only a few minutes from his Dorchester home, his mom, Starsha Groce, told Boston25. Curtis, who recently graduated from McCormack Middle School, told his mom that he wanted to go play with his friends. He never came home.
“He told me he was at the court playing ball with his friends and I told him to make sure be home by 8 — before the lights come on, and he texted me back OK," his mom told the news station. "And next thing you know, I’m getting a call that my son is hurt. Literally minutes from the house."
Officers said the teenager was shot near 28 Ellington St. just before 7:30 p.m. When police arrived they found him bleeding from a gunshot wound. Responders rushed the boy to a nearby hospital where he died later that night, police said.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Suffolk County District Attorney held a press conference with police to plead with the community to help in the investigation.
"Anytime there is any incident in our community it is absolutely unacceptable," Wu said. "And when we see the loss of life, particularly a young child, we are all robbed of the potential — the life that was ahead of this young person. I am deeply devastated."
Police ask anyone with information to call the Boston police homicide detectives at 617-343-4470. Send anonymous tips through CrimeStoppers at 1-800-494-TIPS.
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