Kenneth Michael Rowell Jr. was 25 when he was shot and killed on Itasca Street in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston on the night of February 20, 2014. Responding officers found him outside a residence with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Dorchester native born September 29, 1988, Rowell was the father of one daughter, Kaylee Mich'elle Rowell, and his partner was expecting a second child, Kennedy Milani Rowell. He is survived by his mother Eleanor Mendes, the late Kenneth Michael Rowell is named as his father, seven sisters, and other family and friends. A viewing and funeral took place at the Greater Love Tabernacle in Dorchester and he was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park.

The Boston Police Department has identified Rowell as the victim of a fatal shooting. No arrests or suspects have been publicly named and the homicide remains unsolved. If anyone knew Kenneth, his routines, or saw anything on Itasca Street that night, please share information with investigators.