A 19-year-old, 2012 graduate of Boardman High School, Daniel A. Watkins, of 764 Squirrel Hill Dr., was shot and killed last Thurs., July 25 while sitting in his car at 3721 Loveland, on the south side of Youngstown.
      Watkins had been arrested in April of this year and charged with the thefts of seven cell phones at the D.D. and Velma Davis Family YMCA in Boardman.
      At the time he told police he had been a heroin addict and stole the cell phones to support his habit.
      He told police he would purchase his heroin from a man on the south side of Youngstown.
      Watkins also told police in April that he had completed a drug rehabilitation program.
      Watkins was believed to have been shot by a passenger in the 2000 Firebird he was driving. Witnesses told Youngstown police the passenger fled on foot on Buckeye Circle after shooting Watkins, who was pronounced dead at the St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center. Witness reported hearing up to five gun shots.
      Watkins played baseball for the Boardman Spartans as a junior and senior, playing at the pitcher and outfielder positions.
      A candlelight vigil in his memory was held on Sunday night at Boardman High School that was attended by an estimated 200 persons.
      Funeral arrangements were handled by the Davis-Becker Funeral Home.