29 January 2005
Michael Young died on Crowell Street at 4am. Imagine the party ending. Imagine the buzz, the bubbles in the blood. Imagine the altercation. Who said what to whom? What popped off? Whatever triggered these nerves, this murder left two girls and a little boy fatherless.
Ardent swimmer working for the Recreation Department, he moved with his mom to Dedham. She told reporters she wanted to get away from random chaos. "Anytime the kids needed anything, he was right there," His mom said. "That's my son, my friend, my buddy."
Returning to visit friends on Norfolk Street, staying out into dark hours, Police said he died just before the sun rose.
No time to hear shots
no ducking that friendly fire
Mike Mike died with friends.