BOSTON – A Boston religious leader is condemning the fatal shooting of a man in Roxbury Saturday night and is calling on the city’s black community to “put down the fire” and turn in their guns to stop the violence.
The Rev. Kevin Peterson said Sunday that Christopher Shivers was killed over the Easter weekend in Roxbury, and he wants the community to step up and find his killer.
“We are calling on the residents of the black community to turn in the killer of Christopher Shivers, who was victimized in Roxbury Saturday night on Easter Eve,” Peterson said in a statement Sunday. “Our prayers go out to the loved ones of the deceased, but we also call on the black community to cease fire. The vast majority of killings this year so far have occurred in the city’s black community . This has to stop.”
“We’re at a point in the black community in Boston where it makes sense for us to call on all black people who have guns in Boston to turn them into local churches, post offices or local police stations. And we’re asking that the police increase their gun buyback program to $1,000 for each gun turned in with no questions asked.”
Boston police are urging the public to contact detectives with any information related to the fatal shooting on Columbus Avenue in Roxbury that left one man dead Saturday night.
Around 10:17 p.m. Saturday, Boston police responded to a call for a person shot in the area of 2055 Columbus Ave., police said.
When officers arrived, they found an adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
An ambulance took the man to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
No further details were released Sunday.
Anyone with information about the fatal shooting is asked to call Boston Police homicide detectives at 617-343-4470.
Citizens can also contact police by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting the word “TIP” to CRIME (27463).
Anyone who needs emotional support or needs to talk to someone about distressing events in the community can also call the Boston Neighborhood Trauma Team, which offers free private support 24 hours a day, at 617-431-0125.
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