Four young men were shot and killed in the basement of a home recording studio in the Dorchester section of Boston, Mass earlier this week.
Three of the victims, Edwin "E.J." Duncan, 21, Christopher "Fat Boy" Vieira, 19, and Jason "J" Bachiller, 21, were part of Graveside, a promising rap group who documented Bean Town's violent streets in songs.
"Their songs were violent, horrific, gun-talk music, but they were very good kids," Peter Parker, a 97.7 WILD- FM personality told the Boston Herald. "They were dictating what they saw around them, but they weren't participating in it. It was a Schwarzenegger movie - pure fantasy. They were working their asses off. They were trying to get a record deal. If you'd given them another year, year and a half, they would have been fine."
The other victim, Jihad Chankour, 22, was a friend of Vieira's and had accompanied the aspiring rapper to Duncan's home.
Reports say the youngsters were waiting for the other group members to arrive when the shooting occurred. Three of the victims died on the site while the fourth one later succumbed to gun shot wounds at Boston Medical Center.
Superintendent Daniel Coleman, commander of Boston's homicide unit, said the victims most likely weren't gang affiliated.
The police are presently asking the public to help them find a 1998 black Ford Escort hatchback with tinted windows that was driven by one of the victims prior to the killing. Police thinks the suspect may have taken the vehicle.
"This vehicle would be an important step in this investigation," Coleman told The Associated Press. The killings boosted Boston's murders to 71 for the year, the highest in a decade.
A shocked Ted Campbell, the coordinator of a nearby studio, said the house was known as a "safe haven" for teenagers to hang out and make music.
Boston's rising murders recently caused city cops to work overtime looking for suspects involved in incidents with violence and guns. Last week, U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan said the government will hike prosecutions of suspects who take part in gang violence in Boston.
Source: SOHH
Three of the victims, Edwin "E.J." Duncan, 21, Christopher "Fat Boy" Vieira, 19, and Jason "J" Bachiller, 21, were part of Graveside, a promising rap group who documented Bean Town's violent streets in songs.
"Their songs were violent, horrific, gun-talk music, but they were very good kids," Peter Parker, a 97.7 WILD- FM personality told the Boston Herald. "They were dictating what they saw around them, but they weren't participating in it. It was a Schwarzenegger movie - pure fantasy. They were working their asses off. They were trying to get a record deal. If you'd given them another year, year and a half, they would have been fine."
The other victim, Jihad Chankour, 22, was a friend of Vieira's and had accompanied the aspiring rapper to Duncan's home.
Reports say the youngsters were waiting for the other group members to arrive when the shooting occurred. Three of the victims died on the site while the fourth one later succumbed to gun shot wounds at Boston Medical Center.
Superintendent Daniel Coleman, commander of Boston's homicide unit, said the victims most likely weren't gang affiliated.
The police are presently asking the public to help them find a 1998 black Ford Escort hatchback with tinted windows that was driven by one of the victims prior to the killing. Police thinks the suspect may have taken the vehicle.
"This vehicle would be an important step in this investigation," Coleman told The Associated Press. The killings boosted Boston's murders to 71 for the year, the highest in a decade.
A shocked Ted Campbell, the coordinator of a nearby studio, said the house was known as a "safe haven" for teenagers to hang out and make music.
Boston's rising murders recently caused city cops to work overtime looking for suspects involved in incidents with violence and guns. Last week, U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan said the government will hike prosecutions of suspects who take part in gang violence in Boston.
Source: SOHH
