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May 22, 2009, 11:33am
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<p>Update from Boston.com
A “drug rip-off” over a pound of marijuana and $1,000 in cash led to the fatal shooting this week of a man inside a residence hall at Harvard University, according to Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr.</p>
<p>The victim, Justin Cosby, 21, had been selling drugs to students at Harvard and went to Kirkland House on Monday afternoon with the marijuana and money, Leone said today at a press conference at Cambridge police headquarters. Three men traveled to Cambridge from New York City with the intention of robbing Cosby, he said.</p>
<p>One of the men, Jabrai Jordan Copney, is scheduled to be arraigned today in Cambridge District Court in connection with the killing. The other two men returned to New York City and remain at large, Leone said.</p>
<p>“It was that encounter between the four men that went bad,” Leone said, adding, “The common denominator that led to the intent to rip-off Justin Cosby of both money and drugs was that Justin and Jordan were known to each other through Harvard students.”
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<p>[DA:</a> Drugs ‘common denominator’ in Harvard slaying - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/05/da_drugs_common.html]DA: ”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/05/da_drugs_common.html )</p>
<p>It might also be useful to remember that the last town/gown confrontation that led to murder involved a HARVARD grad killing a local man. Maybe Cambridge residents should consider the danger posed by Harvard students (besides noise, that is).</p>