14-year-old Detroit boy is shot to death on his porch June 22, 2005
Reymundo Rosa, 14, was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting early Tuesday while he was sitting on his porch in southwest Detroit.
Just after midnight, Rosa was on the porch of his home in the 5600 block of Chopin with friends, his sister Anna Martinez said, when a car pulled up and someone shouted at Rosa. The killer then used a shotgun to pump three shots into Rosa's face and chest, said Sgt. Eren Stephens.
Detroit police said the fatal shooting is being investigated. Family members blamed the shooting on gang members, who were upset that Rosa refused to join.
Martinez said the people who shot her brother yelled gang slogans before firing. Another sister, Rosanna Martinez, said local gang members had been pressuring him to join, but that he "wanted no part of it."
They described Rosa as a good boy who liked basketball and taking photos of his family.
"He didn't deserve this," Rosanna Martinez said. "I can understand if he ... did bad things ... but that was not him."
Poster Comment:
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