Crime & Safety

Suffolk County District Attorney: No Bail In Teen's Fatal Stabbing

Mr. Sommerville grabbed his neck and stumbled, falling to the sidewalk.

December 13, 2021

BOSTON, DATE, 2021— The man who fatally stabbed 17-year-old Javare Sommerville during the Caribbean Festival this summer was arraigned today on a charge of first-degree murder, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said.

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OMARA SHEARS, 44, was arraigned this morning in Suffolk Superior Court in connection with Mr. Sommerville’s August 28, 2021, murder. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Julie Higgins of District Attorney Rollins’ Homicide Unit, Mr. Shears was ordered held without bail for the pendency of the case.


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