As he has learned more about the Memorial Day shooting, Carl Hardrick says he is starting to understand how the popular, hardworking college athlete could be struck down by the same gun violence that’s swallowed the lives of so many others.
In a North End neighborhood marked by bloodshed, including the murders of five teenagers in four years, many residents are at a loss over the weekend violence that claimed the lives of a 3-year-old boy and a teenager.