The Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday that a man convicted of fatally shooting Nicholas Fomby-Davis, 14, on Bowdoin Street - as his friend held the teen - got a fair trial and that police did nothing wrong in the way they questioned him, but that his sentence should be amended to allow for the possibility of parole because he was only 16 at the time. Read more.
The Supreme Judicial Court today upheld Crisostomo Lopes's sentence of life without parole for his role in the murder of 14-year-old Nicholas Fomby-Davis on Bowdoin Street in 2010 - as a Boston gang officer watched helplessly from down the street. Read more.
The Globe reports a Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Joshua Fernandes, 18, and Crisostomo Lopes, 22, for the shooting death of Nicholas Fomby-Davis, 14, in 2010. The two will now receive an automatic sentence of life without parole.
Victim's father outside court: Nathaniel Davis Jr: 'Tell your kids you love them.' Photo via DA's office.
Suffolk County prosecutors today fingered Joshua Fernandes, 16, as the person who pulled the trigger and ended Nicholas Fomby-Davis's young life on Bowdoin Street Saturday evening.
Joshua Fernandes, 16, and Crisostomo Lopes, 20, both of Dorchester, are scheduled for arraignment in Dorchester District Court on charges they murdered Nicholas Fomby-Davis on Bowdoin Street Saturday night, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Fernandes will be tried as an adult under Massachusetts's murder law, the DA's office says.
Boston Police report Nicholas Fomby-Davis, 14, of Dorchester, was shot repeatedly in front of 218 Bowdoin St., around 8 p.m. Sunday. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died.
A gang-unit police officer who happened to be in the area watched him get shot and began running after two suspects, as he called for backup. Police say both were apprehended and a gun was seized.
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