Portland 13-year-old boy dead in gang killing
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy who was beaten and shot is the youngest gang-related death in Portland in a decade.
The Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/smRqAW) Julio Cesar Marquez had a Facebook page under another name in which he bragged about gang-banging violence and talked about smoking marijuana and his time in juvenile detention.
He was killed Sunday night. His body was found Monday morning in a northeast Portland alleyway.
Julio was an eighth-grader at an alternative school where he enrolled after assaulting another student in April at a middle school.
At Rosi Hinton alternative school teachers say Julio was polite, well-liked and talented in math.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
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