Shooting Victim to Be Buried Today in City; Family Seeks Donations to Help with Cost of Burial; Bank Starts Fund

New Haven Register › March 06, 2007

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A 13-year-old boy shot in a drive-by shooting last month will be buried today, but the family still is struggling to pay for the funeral. Justus Suggs will be laid to rest at the Evergreen Cemetery after a service at the Ebenezer Chapel Church on Dwight Street.

But on Monday, the family came to City Hall seeking help in paying for the funeral, which will cost about $8,000.

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Shooting Victim to Be Buried Today in City; Family Seeks Donations to Help with Cost of Burial; Bank Starts Fund

While the city can't subsidize a funeral with public funds, Chief Administrative Officer John Buturla contacted New...

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