The high school student murdered on campus in Arlington last month would have celebrated his 17th birthday this week. His family is trying to make sense of just why he was gunned down allegedly by a 15-year-old boy.
would have celebrated his 17th birthday this week. His family is trying to make sense of just why he was gunned down allegedly by a 15-year-old boy.Ja'Shawn Poirier, 16, was killed outside Arlington Lamar High School last month police say by a Rashone Jacob is Ja’Shawn’s mother. She’s still numb more than a month after police say her son was killed by another teen outside Lamar High.
Arlington investigators say the 15-year-old shooter brought a shotgun in a book bag. They say he shot and killed Ja’Shawn, and a teen girl was also hit but had non-life-threatening injuries. A judge said the teenager charged with killing a fellow student outside Arlington Lamar High School will remain in custody.
The shotgun used in the murder at the school was purchased by a relative of the boy’s father, but we don’t know how the teen got the weapon.
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