Boston Blotter: More Details in Roxbury Shooting

033107_body_outline.jpg-- More details have emerged in the fatal shooting Saturday of a 22-year-old Roxbury man. Authorities revealed that the victim was Cheickoumar Kake, a Roxbury native who had just returned to town after living in Maryland. Kake was a resident of the Academy Homes apartment complex, where he was killed during a community cookout. Though police have been investigating a gang beef between groups based in Academy Homes and the nearby Bromley Heath housing complex, investigators have not called the killing gang-related. Kake's uncle denies that his nephew was involved in the gang. One Academy Homes teenager was quoted in the Globe saying, "There's definitely going to be a war here in the summer." [Globe]

-- Boston police are investigating the attempted abduction of a 12-year-old boy today. Authorities say that the boy was walking to St. Brendan's School in Dorchester for classes this morning when a man grabbed him and tried to force him into a vacant lot. The boy broke free and reported the incident to his principal, according to police, who are actively seeking a suspect. [BPDNews; WBZTV]

-- Three men were arrested in Marlborough this morning on the suspicion that they held up a bank. Police caught the men on foot, allegedly fleeing the crime scene. [MetroWestDailyNews]

All charges alleged until proven under law.

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