On the evening of March 14, 2011, 18-year-old Jorge Luis Tavares was fatally shot on the porch of his mother’s home at 19 Groom Street in Dorchester, near Uphams Corner. The shooting happened at about 10:47 p.m.; officers found Tavares with multiple gunshot wounds and he was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Originally from Cape Verde, Tavares had moved to Boston as a teenager to join his family and had recently left school to work at a local fast-food restaurant to help support them. His family had also just lost his only brother in a car accident in Cape Verde the week before. Witnesses reported seeing a van speed away from the scene after the shots; no arrests have been announced and the Boston Police Homicide Unit is still investigating.

Does anyone who lived near Groom Street in March 2011 remember unusual activity or the van described by neighbors?