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Aunt of 8-year-old shooting victim charged with possession of firearms, drugs
(Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin)
Antonia Gadson, shown on the left in June after the death of her nephew Liquarry Jefferson, was charged today with possession of guns and cocaine. She is next to Lakeisha Gadson (center), Liquarry's mother, and Elaine Gadson, his grandmother.
By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff
The aunt of Liquarry Jefferson, the 8-year-old boy who police believe was fatally shot by his cousin in June, was arraigned today on two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, trafficking in more than 300 grams of cocaine in a school zone, and possession of Ecstasy.
Antonia Gadson, 28, whose 7-year-old son allegedly shot Liquarry by accident on June 24 while the two boys played with a gun, was held on $15,000 cash bail for the charges, which stem from the May 2006 slaying of Dwayne Turnbow, who was shot in a parking lot. No one has been charged with Turnbow's death.
Gadson appeared in Suffolk Superior Court. She is accused of taking a .38-caliber revolver from Turnbow's car and bringing it to her house on Blue Hill Avenue, according to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office.
After Boston police detectives investigating Turnbow's death learned that she had taken the gun, they obtained a search warrant for her apartment and found the gun, a second firearm, ammunition, 54 Ecstasy tablets, and a large quantity of crack cocaine, according to Conley's office. Police also found measuring scales, plastic bags, and $4,800 in cash in the apartment, according to Conley's office.
Police charged her with trafficking in a school zone because Gadson’s apartment is less than 1,000 feet from the Rockwell Early Education Academy Inc.
