Stoughton high school student identified as Mattapan shooting victim – Boston 25 News

Stoughton School Superintendent Dr. Joseph Baeta told Boston 25 he spoke with Christian’s father on Saturday morning.

“To be honest, I spoke to him more like a father than a principal,” Baeta said. “I have a student who just graduated and his son was a rising senior. I can’t imagine the loss he’s going through.”

Christian was supposed to graduate next year from a school where tragedy has occurred all too often.

“A few years ago we lost four students in a car accident,” Baeta said. “Losing five students in different situations is a terrible thing for a community.”

“The second student was also shot but did not suffer life-threatening injuries,” the statement said. “The identity of the second student is not being released at this time.”

“It is never easy to deal with the loss of a student, especially under these circumstances,” the school board said. “Our thoughts are with Christian’s family, friends and teachers, as well as the entire Stoughton High community. Our thoughts are also with the other SHS student and his family and friends.”

The shooting in Mattapan on Friday was the latest in a deadly series of four shootings in Boston on Friday.

Cousins ​​was one of the two people killed in the violence. Five other people, including the injured SHS student, were injured.

The other shootings in Boston were reported in Roxbury, Dorchester and Jamaica Plain.

( Violence in Boston: Two dead, five injured after multiple shootings on Friday )

No arrests have been announced in connection with any of the shootings.

Boston Police Superintendent Felipe Colon confirmed during a press conference Friday afternoon that the shooting in Mattapan was “not a random act.”

The superintendent also acknowledged that it had been an “active 24 hours” in the city and that police were already targeting certain areas to combat possible violence over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

“My heart goes out to those recovering and those grieving today,” Mayor Wu said Friday. “We’ve seen tremendous progress and a trend in the right direction this year in terms of violence across the city, and this week and this weekend we’re always on high alert because so many people are out and about and unfortunately we have a lot more work to do.”

Stoughton school administrators will meet Monday morning to begin the all-too-familiar task of providing crisis counselors to students affected by the tragedy.

“A loss is a loss. This is a young man with a future and he is no longer with us and his friends and family will be brought back,” said Beata.

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