Man allegedly fatally shot 15-year-old girlfriend right before her 8th grade graduation

LOWELL, Mass. (TCN) -- A 21-year-old man faces murder and other charges for allegedly shooting and killing his 15-year-old girlfriend the same day she was supposed to graduate from middle school. According to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office, Ahliana Dickey’s family waited for her to show up at her graduation ceremony on the morning of Friday, June 14, but she failed to appear. Her family became worried and started searching for her. They returned to their residence on Lawrence Street, and at 6:10 p.m., Dickey’s grandmother contacted police to say she found the t