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Four lives, one horrific ending
Young mom ‘wanted to stop the violence’
By Laura Crimaldi, Richard Weir, O’Ryan Johnson and Laurel J. Sweet | Thursday, September 30, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage
Eyanna Louise Flonory, 21, was a loving woman who wanted to become a cop to help others and who doted on her 2-year-old son, Amanihoteph Smith, her family recalled yesterday.
“Everywhere she went, she had her son. If the father didn’t have the baby, she had the baby,” said Delorise Flonory. “She was a very loving mother.”
Delorise Flonory, Eyanna’s biological grandmother, said she had adopted Eyanna. She last saw her granddaughter on Saturday when Eyanna visited with Amani - “a very loving kid,” she said.
Eyanna, a graduate of Brockton High School, had been studying to become a cop at Bunker Hill Community College, but never returned to classes after the spring semester, spokeswoman Colleen Roach said.
“The reason why she wanted to be a police officer (was) she wanted to help young kids on the street,” said her sister, Ebony Flonory, 22. “She wanted to stop the violence.”
The young mother lived a clean life, her grandmother said.
“Eyanna wasn’t involved in drug dealing. Eyanna don’t do drugs,” Delorise Flonory said. “I raised them the right way. The girl was putting her life together. She’s never been in trouble, going to college, trying to be a lawyer. You know, it’s a disgrace. And I hope to God that they catch them.”
Simba Martin
Simba Martin, 21, was described yesterday as a bright, articulate young man with “an unquenchable thirst for knowledge” whose promise was belied by his checkered criminal history.
In May 2006, Martin was busted by Boston cops with a friend for brandishing a BB gun and beating a man in the South End, stealing his iPod.
Martin, who was charged with armed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to three years probation.
While he was serving his term, Larry Green Jr., dean of discipline at the Muriel Swoden International School, which Martin attended, petitioned a judge to modify the terms of his student’s probation to allow him to go on an expense-paid, six-day “cultural immersion trip” to Paris, France.
“This is not Simba’s first trip abroad with our school, as his first trip with us was to the Netherlands. This trip yielded for him challenging experiences that have exercised his intellect, created an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and made him a more capable, connected, and contributing member of our society,” Green wrote the court in 2008.
“Green thought enough of him to show up in court,” recalled Martin’s attorney, Steven Sack, adding that Snowden Assistant Headmaster Bennie Walker spoke at a hearing at which a judge granted the request. “(Simba) was a very likeable kid. He was bright, he was articulate.”
Levaughn Washum-Garrison
Levaughn Washum-Garrison, 22, of Roslindale was facing charges for threatening the mother of his baby girl and menacing his cousin with a fork, but relatives yesterday said he was was trying to pull his life together when he was gunned down in Mattapan.
“He was a great kid,” said his mother, Patricia Washum-Bennett. “He was never uptight. He would always say something to make you laugh. He was a very humble kid.”
Washum-Bennett last saw Levaughn two months ago, when he moved out of the family’s comfortable Roslindale home in a falling-out over rules.
“Sometimes boys don’t want to hear that preaching,” she said.
Hours after the stocky, 240-pound Washum-Garrison was arraigned Oct. 19, 2009, on a domestic violence charge for physically assaulting his girlfriend - the mother of their 2-month-old girl - he was busted again for threatening their lives.
“ ‘You know I’m a grim (racial slur). I’ll murder you and the baby,’ ” police quoted the shaken, crying girlfriend recounting Washum-Garrison’s threat, according to court documents. “Victim further stated . . . that he is a known drug dealer who carries guns for protection.”
The hotheaded Brighton High School dropout was already in legal hot water after being locked up May 9, 2009, for threatening his cousin, Tara Bailey, 38, after cornering her against a stove and menacing her with a fork.
Though he was no longer living with the family, his mother said he still cared deeply for his three younger siblings, and on Monday, the day before he was killed, he called to talk to his sister.
“He was checking in on her,” she said. “Making sure she was OK.”
Marcus Anthony Hurd
The Dorchester man who has defied the odds by surviving Tuesday’s Mattapan massacre was slated to go on trial next Thursday for allegedly choking his girlfriend.
Marcus Anthony Hurd, 32, who authorities said remained hospitalized yesterday in critical condition, has been free on $2,000 cash bail since the July 1 incident. His 31-year-old girlfriend alleged Hurd grabbed her by the throat after they quarreled about his coming home at 5:30 a.m., according to records at Dorchester District Court.
Hurd’s heartbroken 25-year-old sister, who asked not to be identified because she fears for her life, said her big brother was a father figure to her daughter and didn’t “start trouble or look for trouble.”
But the domestic dustup was not the first time police had come between Hurd and his girlfriend, whose name the Herald is withholding.
On Feb. 25, Hurd, who law enforcement sources said did a five-year stint in state prison for cocaine possession, was accused by his girlfriend of choking her because “she no longer wanted to date him,” court documents state.
The matter was dismissed in June when “a critical witness” failed to cooperate with prosecutors, the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office said.
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