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Police in Cambridge are seeking the public’s help in solving the 2021 fatal shooting of Xavier Louis-Jacques, a 19-year-old who had been accepted to a Catholic university in Louisiana at the time of his death.
Three years after the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old in Cambridge, police and prosecutors are renewing their call for help in cracking the case.
There have been 11 shootings from Jan. 1 through Aug. 4 with all but two taking place in The Port. Five of the 11 have occurred since July 15.
"Unfortunately, this was an assassination. Xavier was a leader in this community," said Ronic Louis-Jacques, Xavier's father, while addressing the crowd at the vigil. Rayschell McCants, Xavier's mother, said it meant a lot to her to see so many people attend the event in remembrance of her son. She said she wants people to know that her son was a good person. Cambridge police are still trying to find the gunman who fatally shot the 19-year-old man. "So often when young, Black boys are murdered, people automatically assume it's related to gang or drug violence," McCants said. "Xavier wa...
Wicked Local A young man who was fatally shot in Cambridge early Saturday morning has been identified by authorities and his family. According to our news partners at WCVB, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge police Commissioner Branville Bard have confirmed the victim is 19-year-old Xavier Louis-Jacques, of Cambridge. The victim's mother, Rayschell McCants, told NewsCenter 5's Peter Eliopoulos her son may have been trying to sell a pair of sneakers on Pemberton Street when he was robbed and shot just steps from his home. "The sweetest kid," McCants said. "He had no evil i...