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The Associated Press
A former Boston high school dean and anti-violence advocate convicted of shooting and nearly killing a student he recruited to sell drugs for him has been sentenced to up to 26 years in prison.
Shaun Harrison, nicknamed “Rev” for his pastor-like influence on students at Boston English High School, was sentenced June 1 to up to 26 years, a day after he was convicted by a jury of all charges, including armed assault with intent to murder.
Prosecutors say the 58-year-old Harrison lived a double life. The defendant worked as a dean at Boston English High School for five years. And, prosecutors said, during that time he recruited 17-year-old Luis Rodriguez to sell marijuana for him at the school.
“Shaun Harrison was really a fraud, he was living a lie, and it was clearly exposed in this case,” District Attorney Dan Conley said. “Not only was he not a man of God or a role model for young people, he manipulated them in a way that was terribly offensive.”
Prosecutors say Harrison shot Rodriguez in the back of the head in March 2015 because he believed the student was not generating enough sales and withholding the proceeds.
A defense attorney said someone else shot Rodriguez.
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