Another Child Gun Death

A Roxbury gang member shot to death 13-year-old Steven Odom in Dorchester nearly two years ago, as the minister's son was walking home with friends - and was then himself killed in an unrelated shooting 10 days later, authorities said at a press conference yesterday.

Charles Bunch Jr., who was 18, was identified as the man who pulled the trigger on the gun used to shoot Odom in a case of mistaken identity that killed the middle-schooler on Oct. 4, 2007, law enforcement officials said. Odom was shot in the head as he approached his home on Evans Street while walking with two friends.

Officials also announced the arrest and a six-count indictment against David Johnson, 18, of Mattapan, whom authorities allege provided the gun to Bunch. [More]

Wait a second--I thought you had to be 21 in third-ranked MA...?

You mean all those hoops they make "law-abiding citizens" jump through are useless--infringements on their rights that do nothing to stop the reptiles of the world?

[Via Ed M]