On a Wednesday afternoon, February 21, 2007, the life of a 21-year-old African-American man named Andrew Keith was cut short in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. At approximately 3:26 p.m., police responded to calls of a person shot at the intersection of Columbia Road and Devon Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered Keith suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later determined his manner of death to be a homicide.
The shooting happened in broad daylight, adding to a year marked by a troubling rate of youth violence and homicides in the city, particularly in the Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods.
Keith's death became one of several unsolved murders in Boston that year, a reflection of the broader issue of gun violence plaguing the community.
Despite the public nature of the incident, Andrew Keith's murder remains unsolved. As of late 2007, no arrests had been made, and no suspects had been publicly named in connection with the shooting. The Boston Police Department's Homicide Unit continues to investigate the case, urging anyone with information to come forward to assist them in bringing closure to a case that has remained open for years.
