On the evening of July 6, 2017, 17-year-old Christopher Menard, a Black male, was fatally shot at the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Cheney Street in the Grove Hall area of Roxbury. The shooting happened around 6:45 p.m. and wounded a 14-year-old boy in the leg; both victims were taken to hospitals, and Menard was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center while the teenager was treated at Boston Children’s Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Two Boston Police officers on foot patrol were less than 50 feet away when the shots rang out and were on scene within seconds. The Boston Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office opened an investigation, and authorities described the shooting as gang-related.

A suspect was arrested the following Monday by the Boston Police Fugitive Unit and charged with Menard’s murder; the suspect was arraigned in Roxbury Municipal Court the day after the arrest. If anyone has information about Christopher Menard, his activities that evening, or the Grove Hall area around Blue Hill Avenue and Cheney Street, please share what you know.