Fatal attacks galvanize Brentwood to fight back
Quick ReadThe terrifying succession of attacks in Brentwood and neighboring Central Islip - responsible for nine deaths last year and five already this year.
Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Erica Boynton stands by a memorial that marks the spot where her 15 year-old son Christopher Hamilton was shot and killed. Christopher was killed in an alleged gang violence incident while attending a party at his best friend's house.
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A block from Erica Boynton's Brentwood home, a utility pole wrapped in Teddy bears and plastic flowers marks the spot where her 15-year-old son was fatally shot.
On an evening last November, in his best friend's front yard with adults standing nearby, Christopher Hamilton was struck down, part of a wave of violence that has swept through this community in the past year.
Now Boynton and...
