Andrew Owens, a 38-year-old Black man from Boston, was killed on the night of April 19, 2025, after being struck by gunfire in Roxbury. Police responded at approximately 11:03 p.m. to a report of a person shot near 2343 Washington Street and found Owens with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital by ambulance and pronounced dead. A second bystander was also struck but suffered non-life-threatening injuries and went to a hospital for treatment.

Investigators say the shooting began earlier that evening when Jacqueline Cherisme, 34, drove Charles Dixon, 40, to the Dudley Station area. Dixon allegedly argued with 36-year-old Ellis Santos over money, returned to the car with Cherisme, and, as she started to drive away, allegedly fired a shot from the passenger-side window aimed at Santos. That shot missed and struck Owens and the other bystander. Santos then reportedly fired back at the vehicle but did not hit anyone.

A few hours after the shooting, Cherisme went to the Boston Police Department and is reported to have given statements identifying Santos as the primary aggressor and denying recognition of the man Santos had been arguing with. The circumstances of who fired first and why remain central to the investigation. Did anyone in the area that night see the argument near Dudley Station or the vehicle as it drove away?