Boy Fatally Shot Outside Arlington Lamar High School Identified by Family, Medical Examiner
Posted on AllSides March 21st, 2023
The name of a teenage boy fatally shot outside Arlington's Lamar High School Monday morning has been confirmed by family members and the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. On Tuesday, the medical examiner's office positively identified the victim as 16-year-old Ja'Shawn James Poirier, of Grand Prairie. Police said Monday afternoon that the victim was sitting near the steps outside of the high school just before 7 a.m. when a classmate approached him with a gun and opened fire. Poirier was taken by ground ambulance to John Peter Smith Hospital in...