Kyle Lockett

One Year On, Lockett Family Wants Answers

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Family and friends of Kyle Lockett, 21, killed in front of a deli on the corner of Gun Hill Road and Hull Avenue in Norwood on Nov. 3, 2022, are calling for answers from authorities on the first anniversary of his death. The 21-year-old died after a police-involved shooting which followed a separate, armed altercation inside the deli with Ajamu Demmerle, 29, during which Lockett was stabbed and Demmerle was also injured.   

Norwood: Youth, 21, Shot by Police, Laid to Rest; Gunshot Victim, 29, Walked 7 Blocks After Incident

By SÍLE MOLONEY, UFON UMANAH & DAVID GREENE
Editor’s Note: The following story is an updated and extended version of the one published in our latest print edition.   Dozens of friends and family members came together to mourn the loss of Kyle Styles Lovera Lockett, 21, at Granby’s Funeral Service, Inc. in Wakefield on Friday, Nov. 11. As reported, the young man was fatally shot when police intervened in an altercation between Lockett and a 29-year-old man, later named as Ajamu Demmerle, in front of a deli on the corner of Gun Hill Road and Hull Avenue in Norwood on Thursday, Nov. 3.   As reported, police


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