On June 26, 2015, 17-year-old Nicholas Bomboy was critically injured by a gunshot inside his family’s home on Andover Road in Billerica while he and his two brothers and other juveniles were handling BB guns and a high-powered pellet gun. First responders arrived about 11:35 a.m.; Nicholas was taken to Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington with a life-threatening injury and died eight days later, pronounced dead shortly after 1 p.m. on July 4, 2015.

Investigators recovered several airsoft guns and one high-powered pellet gun at the scene. The Billerica Police Department and Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office described the shooting as not random and treated the case as an open and active investigation. Public information about any arrests, suspects, or charges has not been released. Neighbors recalled Nicholas and his brothers as helpful and kind.

If anyone was present that day or has information about how the fatal shot was fired, please come forward.