Eighteen-year-old Darrion Carrington was shot and killed the night of January 7, 2008, inside the Canton House Chinese restaurant on Dorchester Avenue in Boston. He had stopped to pick up a late-night food order when a gunman reportedly entered and shot him multiple times at close range with a .45 caliber firearm. Carrington was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center shortly afterward.

Darrion hoped to play basketball despite dealing with an eye disease and was active in his community through the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club and St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church. His mother, Natasha Carrington, has worked with community organizations seeking justice. Boston police have investigated several leads but, as of the last update in this narrative, no arrests have been announced.

A separate shooting after Darrion’s funeral left one man dead and two others wounded, deepening the community’s pain. If anyone knew Darrion, saw activity near the Canton House that night, or has information about either shooting, please come forward.