In the late evening of July 6, 2023, Tywon Meek, a 19-year-old Black man from Boston, was fatally shot near a playground on Leyland Street in the Roxbury neighborhood. Boston Police District B-2 officers responded to a person-shot call shortly before midnight and found Meek suffering from gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene despite medical attention.

The Boston Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office opened a homicide investigation and publicly identified Meek as the victim while asking the community for information. Officials noted there were two crime scenes within a half-mile that night but did not confirm any connection between them. In December 2023 a Suffolk County grand jury indicted 28-year-old Anthony Ramos of Dorchester on charges including first-degree murder and weapons offenses; prosecutors said Ramos was already in custody on a related firearm charge.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who knew Tywon is asked to come forward to help the investigation.