Taking a stand against the “stop snitching” subculture infesting crime-plagued communities, the family of one Dorchester man has turned the car in which he was killed into a plea for witnesses to break the silence and help police find his killer.
Ten days ago, Andre Stoner, 28, a father of two, was hit by a dozen bullets as he sat in his black Ford four-door scratching lottery tickets. Yesterday, a now fatherless 10-year-old, Quawny Stoner, wearing his dad’s oversized white jacket, wrote on the car in a white marker, “Daddy I Miss You.”
“I want people to speak up. We just want to find the killer. That’s all we want,” said Stoner’s brother-in-law, Jorge Hernandez, 39, who scrawled the Boston Police Crimestoppers number on the carwindshield above a bouquet of white carnations.
It was Hernandez’ idea to return the car to the murder scene at Esmond Street and Blue Hill Avenue to draw attention to the case. Boston police are following several leads and continue to seek additional information.
Police sources have said Stoner was associated with a gang and was known to police. In 2003, he was convicted of assault. Hernandez said Stoner served two years in jail after that, but recently turned his energy toward securing his barber’s license.
Hernandez, whose sister, Grizel Echevarria Stoner, was married to Stoner, remembered him as a loving dad who took his two sons, Quawny and Daelyn, 4, to school and sports practice.
Stoner’s sister-in-law, Carmen Echevarria, 31, hopes people start talking. “We want justice,” she said yesterday as she stood by the car, tears rolling down her face. “We’re hoping this sends a strong message.”
Stoner’s funeral is today at Greater Love Tabernacle Church.
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