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Teen shot to death

10 Orlando St.
10/14/07, 10:49 PM

Charles Bunch, 18, found dead of multiple gunshot wounds.

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Damn Charles Jr...I can't believe your gone..you'll always be in our hearts..

..gone but not forgotten..

July 7, 1989-october 14, 2007
R.I.P..you will be missed!

Stop the black on black crime..we're supposed to love one another!

on October 16, 2007 10:51 AM

damm dude why u have to go 4 there waz no reason 4 dat even though we had our problems we waz still coo but u will always b in our hearts iigh 1

on October 16, 2007 06:23 PM

What do you mean "there waz no reason 4 dat"?

My heart goes out to the family of Charles Bunch. But come on, really. He was a reputed gang member responsible for the relentless violence (murder and mayhem) plaguing our neighborhoods. He wreaked havoc with gunshots and drug dealing.

There's a saying, "Live by the sword, die by the word."

Like I said, I feel for the family. Losing a loved one is not easy. But, while his family, friends, and gangbanging buddies may miss him, the rest of the city can sleep a little easier at night knowing he's gone.

law-abiding-citizen on October 17, 2007 09:53 AM

Damn my nigga I neva thought this would end so quick I mean me and you been though mad shit together and I can't believe your gone but you will always be missed and loved niggas in the hood will always be thinking of you

I love you my nigga

on October 17, 2007 10:18 AM

To law-abiding-citizen..

Please your acting as if Charles was the only one causing all the violence in the city..there's still plenty of gangbangers out here on the streets as well as rapist..with him being gone now isn't going to change anything..I'm mourning the death of this young man with along with his family..people will continue the violence in the streets..as u can see the death of 13 year old Stephen Odom couldn't even give people a wake up call!!

Like I said.."stop the black on black crime, we're supposed to love one another"!!

& just so you know I won't be sleeping any easier at night!!.."Knowing that he's gone."

on October 17, 2007 04:40 PM

I apologize for sounding insensitive. You're right, There are still plenty of violent criminals that terrorize our streets. And, unfortunately, the death of Charles Bunch won't change that.

Guess I was just venting. You see, Steven Odom was my nephew. He was a good, innocent, church-going, peace-loving child who was murdered with a bullet intended for someone else. Yes, a gangbanger.

Word on the street is that Charles Bunch fired the shot that killed my nephew, who was just trying to make it home from playing basketball.

I do mourn with Charles' family, even as I continue to mourn with my own. I know it's very hard for his mother to deal with, not only the death of her son, but the knowledge that he may be the one responsible for killing an innocent 13-year old boy who did nothing wrong to anyone.

I never wanted anymore blood shed. My hope and prayer has been that the person responsible for Steven's murder would repent and give their heart to the Lord. Even now my prayer is that Charles was able to give his heart to the Lord before his own life was ended.

I pray that all gangbangers will lay down their carnal weapons, repent their sins, accept Christ as their Lord and Savior and arm themselves with the weapons of a spiritual warfare that is taking place. Charles was not the enemy. No gangbanger is. Our enemy is Satan.

Be not deceived, Satan hates us all.

You're right. I won't be sleeping any easier at night either. Neither will the city. Those words were formed from the residue of anger that still needs to be cleansed from my heart (pray for me).

The truth is, we shouldn't sleep easier. We need to have thorns in our beds and not rest until we find a solution or solutions to the violence, murder, and mayhem that plagues our city.

My heart and my prayers go out to the Bunch family, friends, and all who mourn the loss of yet another life.

May God give us peace.

law-abiding-citizen on October 17, 2007 07:06 PM

It's sad knowing that you never got to be YOU. I remember the little boy who had a big heart. Yes, everyone says nice things when someone dies but these are my memories of Charles Jr. I've never witnessed him terrorizing neighborhoods...I know that he had an inner struggle with himself and it hurts me to know that his life was cut short. He was certainly lost.
RIP Charles Jr.

on October 18, 2007 09:39 AM

to the" law abiding citizen" I'm praying for you. My peace come to your heart.

on October 18, 2007 07:59 PM

i am a corcern citzens, i did not know Mr. Bunch but i feel like we are all family in our parents days it took a village to rise a child. to the law abiding citizen, if you really want change in our community when you out and about doing your day to day life , and you see a child doing bad stop them tell them that what they are doing is not right. then bring home to tell there parents. thats what my elders did to me when i was and the wrong. i myself do it to the child in my community. yes the parents might tell me its not my child and to worry about mine own children. do you know what i say. i am woory about my children by helping keeping yours on the right track. and to the bunch family may god bless you and my prays are with you.

a corcern citizen on October 23, 2007 01:06 PM

Hello, Everyone,

The question is "What can we do to save our young children from dying so young and violently?” It is getting to the point that the old are out living the young.

Let's all pay attention to our children. I am an employee of a major educational institute; it saddens me to see all types of ethnic groups (with the exception of African Americans) walking the hallways getting an education so that they can represent the future someday.

It saddens me that the Oaklawn Cemetery in Roslindale is basically a permanent residency of so many young babies lost to the streets of Boston.

Take your gangbanging child to Oaklawn as a field trip so that they can look at the date of birth and death recorded on the tomb stones. It does not take long to do the math in your head because most of them are under the age of 18. Tell him/her that this will be their permanent residency someday soon if they continue to let the streets rule their life.

Imagine if we placed mannequins on each street in Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan to represent all the children that died violently within the past 10 years. There would be so many mannequins standing in the place of someone who could have been living and enjoying life today.

It is time to come together as a community to permanently put an end to this

How can we save the young? on October 24, 2007 11:03 AM

WOW... The life we chose to lead isnt the life that is chosen for us sometimes.. The young child i used to sit and eat dinner with isnt the same person i JUST found out is no longer with us.. And he is certainly not the so called
"GANGBANGER" he is being made to be in these comments. Although people make the wrong choices in life sometimes doesnt mean they will always follow that path. If a real hand had been reached out to help and not hurt, things could always change! You will always be missed and thought of Charles...... Miss "BLACK" this is your second son BRIAN...

brian miss BUNCH'S second son on November 7, 2007 09:34 PM

damn, what can i say? rest in peace charles. u r forever loved and missed

on November 8, 2007 02:33 PM

Wow, I went to Elemantry school with Charles, was in the same class for 2 yrs

Ash on December 4, 2007 12:29 PM

#1 R.I.P CHUCK GUNZ that was my righthand and i never thought he would go."THE GOLDEBOY" thats what his sister called him,he couldnot be stoped then it happen so fass. I MISS U MY NIGGA
CHUCK GUNZ 4 EVER
#2 stop calling him a drugdealer becuz he never sold drugs to make money,he kept money all he had to do is ask his mother,father or work 4 it at the car wash.
I MISS U CHUCK YOUR STILL IN MY HEART
AS LONG AS I LIVE U LIVE R.I.P charles bunch

DaHiSied2007-4ever on December 17, 2007 02:30 PM

Sorry my niggia it took me so long to right to you but this is the frist time I had a chance to....I didnt know you that long but the time that we did spend together was wonderful...and altho we had our argements we would get over the...it sad to say that my child will never know his/her god father but I know that you will be wacthing over them. Damn my nikka it brings tears to my eyes to sit here and think that you are gone...I wake up in the morings and kiss ur pin. I miss you soo much...but there not much I can do if I could had been there to take your spot I would and it would be you wriiting to me and no vis versa.....

And to all the people that are putting out the pled to stop the killing just wriiting it on the interent is not going to stop it you have to do something about it. I am not going to lie. I didnt think about trying to stop the killing until my nikka died. they say that it takes something so real to open your eyes and wanna change..I guess this did it....
but I just have one question?????...."

WHAT THE HELL I AM POST TO DO WHEN I AM IN SCHOOL AND THE PERSON THAT KILLED MY NIKKA IS TELLING ME HE DID IT... I AM POST TO SIT THERE AND PRAY TO GOD OR SHOULD I HANDLE IT MY SELF BECUZ THAT IS SOME HARD SHIT TO TAKE IN I DONT THINK YOU CAN IMAGE THAT...BUT WITH SHIT LIKE THAT PEACE WILL NEVER COME...WELL I GUESS RICHIE WILL GET HIS.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

R.I.P. CHARLES BUNCH 7/7/89- 4 EVA IN MY HEART

on December 18, 2007 03:21 PM

Richie aint do it....you cock suckas...get a grip...imma keep it real chuck wasn't a bitch he got it in. But wit out the hammers he couldn't do shit. It was his time to go. He tried to ride and got caught on his the get away and couldn't make it..so for that matter....the nigga try to catch a body and got bodied...fuck it

Laughin@UNiggaz on June 11, 2008 06:00 PM

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