Teenager walking home from school slain in Roxbury

By Michael Naughton

A high school student who was walking home from school was gunned down in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood this afternoon.

David Jones, 17, of Dorchester was shot multiple times on Bartlett Street at about 2:30 p.m., police said. He was rushed to Boston Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police said they had made no arrests in the case. They were canvassing the area for witnesses and forensic evidence this evening.

Jones's family said they didn't know who would shoot him or why. They said he had been in trouble in the past, but wouldn't elaborate, saying only that he was trying to turn his life around.

"He was very intelligent. He was very protective, especially of his younger brother," said his mother, Keeshawn Brown.

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