Slain teen remembered by mourners as respectful, fun-loving student
More than 100 people gathered to mourn the 17-year-old student who was fatally shot a block from his Dorchester high school this week, The Boston Globe reports.
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The friends, family, and community members who attended the vigil near Jeremiah E. Burke High School on Thursday remembered Raekwon Brown as a respectful, fun-loving kid who had a nearly perfect attendance record at school.
Brown’s sister, 29-year-old Patrice Volel, told the Globe she couldn’t understand why anyone would have wanted to hurt her brother.
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“He didn’t know anything about the streets,” she said.
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