Fifteen-year-old Phillip Franco, a Brazilian-descended student at Mary Lyon Pilot High School, was shot in Allston on the evening of June 12, 2025. Gunfire was reported near 17A Gordon Street around 8:10 p.m., and police found Phillip outside 7 Pomeroy Street with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital and died there on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, of the wound.

Phillip was remembered as a happy and beloved young man by those who knew him, and his death has deeply affected his family and the wider Brazilian community in Massachusetts. The Boston Police Homicide Unit is investigating; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help the investigation, please contact the Boston Police Homicide Unit.