On the evening of July 12, 2006, 18-year-old Her Taylor III, a Black male and Belmont High School student who attended through the METCO program, was fatally shot in Roxbury. The shooting happened about 6:16 p.m. near 194 Humboldt Avenue after Taylor was walking home from a friend’s house on Crawford Street and was approached by an individual. After a brief exchange the assailant produced a handgun and fired multiple shots, wounding Taylor. He managed to reach Humboldt Street before collapsing and was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The investigation continued for more than a year. In October 2007 the Boston Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of 22-year-old Lamory Gray, who was charged with Taylor’s murder; authorities said Gray and Taylor appeared not to have known one another before the encounter. Gray was expected to be arraigned in the Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court.

Did anyone in the Roxbury or Belmont communities know Her Taylor III, his routines, or anything about that evening that could help clarify what happened?