Dinho

Friends that we have lost

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Dinho Fernandes

September 7, 1981 - March 17, 1999

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Gunfire shattered a Brockton neighborhood yesterday, leaving a teenager dead and two others wounded as neighbors and police said the violence was sparked by friction between rival groups of teens.

Dinho Fernandes, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Sylvester Street shooting. He was shot in the back with a 9mm bullet that lodged in his chest.

Romulo Fernandes, also 17, suffered a gunshot wound to the elbow. Police said he is not related to Dinho Fernandes.

A third victim, Adamo da Silviera, 19, was shot once in the lower back

He came into our lives with innocence in his eyes, but he was taken away from all of us without saying goodbye. People say that he is in a better place,but the love he left behind can never be replaced. So many tears were shed on that unforgettable day. Now we pray that he is in comfort while we suffer through this pain. All our sweet memories can never be forgotten. He was such a dear friend.

Questions there are many and answers there are few. what is left in our hearts is the true Dinho that we knew. Our grief has yet to find an end but here's a little start: Look up at the stars tonight and see the love shining down from his kind and caring heart.

Maria Fernandes (courtesy of the Brockton High School yearbook)

"When God took you he took a apart of me with you into heaven."

March 17 1999

March 17, 1999 the news said there had been a drive by

They said one person had died

The Broadcast stated that a car drove up and someone shot a gun

The people in the car drove off and started their lives on the run

They left three teens laying on the gound to die

Finally they they released the names and that's when I started to cry

I could not believe it was true

They said the one dead was you

Here it is four years later and I still think about you

I hold on tight to the memories of the things you would do

How could I forget the late night phone calls

The calls that back then I thought you woke me up to talk about nothing at all

What i would give to have my phone ring and it be you now

Just to hear that sound

The sound of your voice, the sound of you laughing at me

But my heart knows that it can no longer be

There are questions I would love the answer to

Why did they do this to you

Why would someone take away someones son, and someones best friend

What gave them the right to make your life end

Was shooting you worth them spending their lives in jail

Will the pain of losing you ever heal

How could this come to be

I might get some answers but none that make any sense to me

I thank you for all the times that have been

And I wish with all my heart they would happen again

But no matter those times will live on in my heart and mind

I will never put them behind

Come on how can I forget all the nights at the park

You always stayed out with me after dark

You gave me the chance that many would never give me

Thank you for all the love you made me see

I know your watching over me

I hope your happy with what you see

Life is hard with you here to help me through my day

But I think of you and hold my head up high and remember what you would say

You saying who the hell cares what they think your you

You taught me that no matter what stay true

Melissa