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Teen charged with shooting those three kids

By adamg on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 9:02am

Boston Police last night arrested Jermeil Robinson, 17, of Jamaica Plain, for the Saturday shooting at the Academy Homes project that sent three boys to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

He's to be arraigned this morning in Roxbury District Court on charges of assault by means of a firearm, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault with intent to murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, discharge of a firearm within 500 ft. of a dwelling and carrying a loaded firearm on a public way.

Witnesses and relatives told the Globe the attacker just walked up to the boys, 11, 11 and 12, and started shooting.

According to the Jamaica Plain Gazette, thugs at the Bromley-Heath project in Jamaica Plain have a long-standing beef with thugs at Academy Homes.

Neighborhoods: 
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
Topics: 
Crime
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By adamg on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 1:38pm.

Because in addition to that, Roxbury District Court Judge Edward Redd revoked earlier bail on an unrelated juvenile charge, according to the Suffolk County DA's office.

Should he somehow make bail, the judge ordered him to wear a GPS bracelet and to stay away from both Bromley-Heath (Robinson lives on Centre Street in JP) and Academy Homes.

DA Dan Conley in a statement:

There's no excuse for an incident like this one. By the grace of God, these kids suffered only moderate physical injuries, but why should any 11-year-old ever take a bullet? Every child deserves a safe place to live and grow, and defendants like this one cheat them of it. With our police partners, we will build as strong a case as possible against this defendant and any other who uses a gun on our streets.

In happier times: Robinson posing with the 2004 Red Sox World Series trophy.

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By adamg on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 2:10pm.

Remember the guy police found wandering around JP right after the shooting with a gunshot wound to his foot? Authorities are still looking at what role, if any, Dominique Finch, 19, had in the shootings - and how he came by to have a new hole in his foot.

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