Kareem Daveiga Booth, a 20-year-old Black man from Brighton, was fatally shot on the evening of Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Boston Police from District C-11 responded to 73 Ridgewood Street in Dorchester at about 7:21 p.m. after a report of a person shot. He was found with gunshot wounds to his back and left side, in an incident where some reports said as many as seven rounds were fired. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead; the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide and it was reported as Dorchester’s first homicide of the year.

Booth was a Brighton High School graduate who had entered the workforce to support his family. Family and friends remembered him as quiet, kind, a devoted caretaker for his younger brothers, and looking forward to the birth of his own child. The Boston Police Homicide Unit is investigating; no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Detectives are asking anyone with information to come forward, with tips eligible to remain confidential.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that evening, or know more about Kareem’s movements that day?