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Police arrest Randolph man inThanksgiving shooting

November 29, 2008 03:54 PM

By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent

Boston Police arrested a Randolph man today and charged him with murder, alleging that he fatally shot 25-year-old Anthony Lewis early Thanksgiving morning.

Officers from the department’s fugitive apprehension and homicide units arrested 31-year-old Damien Smith at about 9 a.m. in Randolph, said Officer James Kenneally, a spokesman for the Boston Police Department.

Smith will be arraigned Monday morning at Dorchester District Court, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. Police said Smith shot Lewis inside a Talbot Avenue apartment at 1:44 a.m. on Thursday. Lewis was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

Neither Wark nor Kenneally would speak about Smith’s motive in the alleged murder.

Today, a shrine of candles, flowers, and empty liquor bottles had been erected in Lewis’ memory outside the apartment where he was shot. Speaking through the front door intercom this afternoon, a woman said that no one inside wanted to speak to a reporter.

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22 comments so far...
  1. Liquor bottles? All you need to know.

    Posted by realist November 29, 08 05:47 PM
  1. A shrine of "empty liquor bottles".....are you kidding me? Am I the only one that see's a problem with that.....

    Posted by Mike November 29, 08 05:53 PM
  1. Randolph, the new Roxbury.

    Posted by Hapnow November 29, 08 06:52 PM
  1. whats the problem with empty liquor bottles in memory of somebody? haven't you seen people poor a little liquor on the floor before drinking in memory of a dead loved one? basically the same thing....OH BY THE WAY...IT IS KIND OF SAD THAT THE FIRST TWO COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT LIQUOR BOTTLES...SOME GUY WAS JUST MURDERED AND ALL YOU HAVE TO COMMENT ABOUT IS THE LIQUOR BOTTLES...

    Posted by NICHOLAS November 29, 08 07:26 PM
  1. On thanksgiving?...well a prayer for his family no matter what the cause is or motive behind it all. An anyone who sees it different i pitty you for god forebid a loss such as this finds its way into your lives i'd hope you'd have the guts to speak as you do. how many of your young pass yearly from empty bottles and a steering wheel? randolph the new roxbury please pray it never comes to pass for roxbury is no place to raise a family yet those who are there are there by selection not choice.

    Posted by tom November 29, 08 07:27 PM
  1. Liquor bottles..is the the way to ease the pain! instead of relatliation

    Posted by boston November 29, 08 08:41 PM
  1. Randolph has been going down hill but I would not call it the new Roxbury.

    Posted by Barbara November 29, 08 08:54 PM
  1. boston bigots unite- you guys are so much better than them

    Posted by neocon November 30, 08 12:48 AM
  1. Seriously... Randolph used to be a nice town when I was growing up. Now... I wouldn't live there if you paid me, and it's only getting worse.

    Posted by disgusted November 30, 08 01:35 AM
  1. Okay... who are you to judge how people mourn? Everyone is their own individual. And no you are probably not the only one who thinks that there is a problem with that and then again you are not the only ignorant person in this world either. Pass judgement on what you know, not what you dont know. And number 3, so i guess crime only happens in Roxbury huh you moron? You talking about murders in Roxbury while your priest is touching little boys in church huh... losers. POUR OUT SOME LIQUOR FOR THOSE WHO AINT HERE... RIP

    Posted by FatzMalone November 30, 08 02:03 AM
  1. head down to that neighborhood and drive through the main streets and back streets and you'll see similar shrines all over the place. Reality will set in.

    Posted by citizenofboston November 30, 08 02:25 AM
  1. People are just laughing at us. Look at the way you honor your friends. I am glad that I got the hell out of the "Hood". Call me whatever you want, but I plan on staying out forever. Keep that "ghetto" life, I don't even drive through the streets of Boston. Lay out all the liquor bottles you want, make the city more dirty.

    Posted by add November 30, 08 06:35 AM
  1. The holiday season always brings the worst out in people. What ever happen to loving the fellow neighbor and just enjoying the holidays with friends. No wonder why so many people are afraid to trust anymore or want to go celebrate around the holidays, because of asses like that.

    Posted by Gwen November 30, 08 11:25 AM
  1. A town going down

    Posted by roy November 30, 08 01:50 PM
  1. LET'S PRAY FOR THE FAMILY NOT TALK ABOUT THEM. EVERY DAY THERE'S A PROBLEM. IT COULD BE US NEXT. LET ALL JUST GET ALONG. NOT TALK ABOUT SOMEONE. THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG NOW ADAYS.

    Posted by JLOVE November 30, 08 07:21 PM
  1. Who gives you the right to make those assumptions... he was loved by someone and thats why there's a shrine in the first place. My condolences to his family and friends...

    Posted by Kim November 30, 08 08:30 PM
  1. See what happens when you bring a bottle to a gun fight?

    Posted by Frank December 1, 08 07:00 AM
  1. It is about time we have so much crime in randolph we can export it

    Posted by Chuck December 1, 08 07:03 AM
  1. Glad they got the shooter, any clue as to the motive ?

    I don't get this, he was arrested by Boston Police, but where, in Randolph or in Boston. If he were arrested in Boston, what was he doing at the time of the arrest ?

    This story is kind of incomplete. As far as the booze bottles go...whatever, since the story is incomplete I'm sure the story of Anthony Lewis is equally incomplete.

    Posted by Shark December 1, 08 07:08 AM
  1. I will miss you Anthony, Cannot believe what has happend to you and no matter what the papers say you were more than just another murder victim in Boston, you were a son, a father, and most of all a loving friend...God forgive them for they kno not what they do...!!! Love always Deonna~

    Posted by Deonna December 2, 08 09:27 AM
  1. I dont know the victim at all.But i do know his great uncle.I just want to say i give my condolence to the family and his friends.And people shouldnt make comments about murders it can happen any where at any time.Just pray to God to keep you and your family safe.

    Posted by little December 10, 08 01:58 PM
  1. You are mistaken. I can prove it. Write to me in PM, we will communicate.

    Posted by LYmnunumumn August 24, 09 12:22 PM
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