On the night of May 6, 2006, 24-year-old Alexander Matthew Mendes was shot around 10:22 p.m. at 13 Wendover Street in Dorchester, Boston. Police found Mendes with a gunshot wound and he was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Family context in this case is central: Alexander, known as Alex, was the younger brother of Robert Bobby Mendes, who died in 1995. Investigators and community members linked Alexander’s killing to a long-running, violent feud within Boston’s Cape Verdean community that followed his brother’s death.

Alexander’s mother, Isaura Mendes, has since become a community activist working to prevent further violence. Does anyone have information about this case or memories of Alexander and the community impact surrounding these killings?