Tommy “Trey” Grays III, 17, was fatally shot on July 1 while vacationing with his family at Isla Verde beach in the town of Carolina, Puerto Rico.
The Montgomery County teenager had a world of possibilities within his grasp: finishing his last year at James Hubert Blake High School, applying to college to study engineering and dreams of future travels and fast blue cars. But all of that died with him on a beach in Puerto Rico.Grays, 17, was shot and killed on July 1 while vacationing with his family at Isla Verde beach in the town of Carolina. His uncle and his mother’s partner were also injured in the shooting.
In an interview with The Washington Post conducted in Spanish, Inspector Mabel Olivera said she could not comment on what led to the shooting because of the ongoing investigation. Tommy was shot near his left clavicle, she said, while his uncle was shot twice in the abdomen and his mother’s partner was shot once in the head.Grays’s family said the incident started as an argument between Rosado Martínez and Tommy’s uncle, Aaroun Proctor, 31.
Rhonda Proctor said her partner, Maurice Gaines, 39, was shot trying to protect Tommy from a second bullet. Gaines was hospitalized in Puerto Rico, then flown to D.C., where he is receiving treatment at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Aaroun Proctor was also hospitalized in Puerto Rico but is recovering at home.Tommy was in Puerto Rico with his sister, his uncle and aunt, and his mother’s partner to celebrate his mother’s 37th birthday.
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