On the evening of July 30, 2023, 33-year-old Jackson Beausejour of Mattapan was shot and killed outside the Back to the Roots store on Blue Hill Avenue in Boston. The confrontation began when a juvenile daughter of 51-year-old Riccardy Romain told her father she felt uncomfortable around an adult male. Romain confronted that man and a physical fight followed; Beausejour, identified as Romain’s brother-in-law, intervened to try to de-escalate.

During the struggle, Romain produced a firearm and shot Beausejour in the neck. Beausejour was taken to Boston Medical Center by Boston EMS and was later pronounced dead. A witness’s cellphone video captured the shooter, his clothing, the firearm, and a black Cadillac pickup with an attached U-Haul trailer fleeing the scene; police located and stopped the truck less than half a mile away.

Officers arrested Romain and his juvenile daughter without incident and seized two loaded pistols from the vehicle. Romain’s clothing matched the video description and he was charged with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. Did anyone in the neighborhood see the pickup or the trailer that night, or have information about what led up to the confrontation?