On the evening of November 5, 2024, JaShaun Smith, a 45-year-old Black man from Dorchester, was fatally shot at about 8:03 PM at 15 Michigan Avenue. Boston Police officers from the B-3 District responded after a ShotSpotter activation and a report of a person shot; Smith was found with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene.

Smith’s obituary describes him as kind, quiet, reserved and fiercely protective of his family. He was a devoted father to his daughter Kayla, enjoyed art, cooking, gardening and fitness, attended Mason Elementary and John D. O’Bryan High School in Roxbury, and worked as an executive assistant in the computer tech industry.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Boston Police Homicide Unit or the anonymous tip line. Did anyone in Dorchester see or hear anything that night?