Isaiah Acevedo, a 16-year-old Hispanic student at Lynn Classical High School, was shot and killed on December 27, 2023, in Lynn, Massachusetts. The shooting occurred near the AL Prime Energy gas station on Western Avenue and also claimed the life of 19-year-old Kyle Mel. Their deaths prompted an increased police presence at the high school while the community reeled from the violence.

Police linked the double homicide to a shooting at a local Pizza Hut 24 hours earlier that wounded three young men. Acevedo’s family held a vigil outside Lynn City Hall and called publicly for justice, saying they had no immediate answers or arrests at the time.

Two people have since been charged in the Camden Street killings: Leonardo Pinina Espinoza, 15 at the time of the offense, and 25-year-old Robert Petete Severino. A multi-jurisdictional probe into gang activity on the North Shore led to the arrest of 24 people in February 2025 in connection with a string of violent crimes in Lynn in 2023, including these murders.

Did anyone who knew Isaiah or witnessed activity near Western Avenue that night come forward with information?