Post by Scumhunter on Jul 5, 2019 3:55:33 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: cambridge.wickedlocal.com)
From Wicked Local Cambridge:
Five years ago as a July 3 barbecue lingered well into the evening, 22-year-old Kensley David was killed in a drive-by shooting outside his Windsor Street home just after 10 p.m. Several shots were fired -- one of which hit David in the head -- by an unidentified suspect who sped off in a black sedan.
Two days later, David died of his injuries at Mass. General Hospital.
Police know he was targeted, but for the last five years there have been no arrests in the case.
Some witnesses came forward, but police at the time were hoping for more cooperation from those closest to David.
“Like with any outstanding case, we’re looking for enough information to allow us to move forward with probable cause, [which, in turn] would allow us to proceed with the charges,” said Jeremy Warnick, director of communications for the Cambridge Police Department, this week.
Although there are no updates to the case, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said the investigation remains ongoing and urged anyone with information to come forward.
“We know from our investigation that there were a number of people on the street for a Fourth of July BBQ when Kensley David was fatally shot,” wrote Liz Vlock, communications manager for the DA’s office, in an email response last week.
“Often times people who may have been aware of the circumstances surrounding an unsolved homicide felt at the time either unwilling or afraid to speak to authorities and provide an account of what they know,” she continued. “As five years have passed since Kensley David’s death, individuals with information that could result in criminal charges relating to Kensley’s death may have experienced a change of heart or feel comfortable speaking to investigators. It is our hope that they will reach out.”
‘A bright soul’
In the days following the shooting, family, friends and neighbors gathered in prayer, setting up a makeshift memorial. David had grown up in the Port and was still living on Windsor Street with his sister and mother at the time of his death.
“A bright soul,” who was always the life of the party, David was friendly, funny and outgoing. He was also very artistic. When he wasn’t drawing, he was working with friends to turn a Windsor Street house into a nonprofit tutoring center for kids in the Port neighborhood, his friends said.
“We’re trying to help the community. As a minority, we’re here trapped in this community, and we barely have any opportunities,” David’s friend, Santos Carrasquillo, said at the time. “We’re stuck in a struggle, trying to provide for ourselves just to live.”
In the months after his death, a group of David’s friends made the grassroots movement a reality, creating the Kensley Project with a mission to improve the quality of life in the community. In the years since, the project merged with the Goree House. Goree House was started in the ’90s by Pape “Pops” Loum inside his Windsor Street home.
The five-year anniversary of David’s murder comes at a time when CPD is looking to create a Cold Case Unit, dedicated to cracking unsolved murder cases.
"We want the public to know, the victims of these homicides are not forgotten and we want these cases to remain visible within the community. We’re still doing whatever we can to potentially solve them,” said Warnick.
For more information on the Goree House, visit facebook.com/TheGoreeHouse.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300 or send an anonymous email at cambridgema.gov/CPD/. They may also contact State Police assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office at 781-897-6600.
cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20190703/on-5th-anniversary-of-kensley-davids-murder-in-cambridge-still-no-arrests
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