Tag Archives: ‘Forever 16’: Lamar High remembers student fatally shot outside Arlington school

ARLINGTON — Ja’Shawn Poirier should have turned 17 on Friday. But instead of celebrating with him, his family and friends wished him happy birthday as they released balloons to the sky in his memory. Poirier was fatally shot March 20 outside Lamar High School in Arlington. At a vigil Friday at the school, his name became a rallying cry for justice …

Read More »