Salem State basketball player killed in shooting helped Worcester high school make history
Updated: 6:55 PM EDT Nov 1, 2023
WITH THE FAMILY. EMILY. WELL, ED MARIA CARL HANS BELLIARD’S FAMILY TELLS ME THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WOULD TAKE THEIR SON’S LIFE. CARL WAS A STANDOUT BASKETBALL PLAYER. HE WAS SOMEONE THAT EVERYONE LOVED. TONIGHT, HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES ARE LEFT TRYING TO PROCESS THIS UNIMAGINABLE LOSS. IT WAS A GREAT KID. SMART, SMART STUDENT. HE HAD A SMILE THAT WOULD JUST BRIGHTEN UP ANY ROOM. CARL HANS BOLYARD WAS A NATURAL BORN LEADER. NOT JUST ON THE COURT, BUT IN LIFE. HE WORKED HARD EVERY DAY IN PRACTICE, HAD A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, WORKED HARD. HE WAS JUST A VERY AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN. WORCESTER NORTH BOYS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AL PETTWAY SAYS HE HAD THE IMPOSSIBLE CONVERSATION WITH CARL’S TEAM, LETTING THEM KNOW THE 18 YEAR OLD RECENT GRAD WAS SHOT AND KILLED THIS MORNING IN SALEM. THEY WEREN’T SHOCKED. THEY THOUGHT I WAS TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT CARL. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SALEM STATE FRESHMAN WAS DRIVING WHEN SOMEONE SHOT INTO HIS CAR. I DON’T EVEN HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT I WILL. THEY FIND THE PERSON THAT DID THAT TO HIM AS POLICE TRY TO TRACK DOWN THE KILLER, HIS TEAMMATES ARE GRIEVING, GETTING A CALL OF SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR. TODAY, THE TEAM VISITED BEACON HILL AFTER WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EARLIER THIS YEAR. CARL’S COACH SAYING HE AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HIT IT OFF WHEN THE SALEM STATE ALUM FOUND OUT CARL WAS PLANNING TO PLAY BALL THERE. HIS OLD COACH SAYING IT’S TOUGH KNOWING HE’LL NEVER TAKE THAT COURT. I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO SEE HIM PLAY AND A NEW UNIFORM AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY HE THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN NOW AT THIS POINT, POLICE HAVE NOT SAID WHETHER THEY HAVE ANY SUSPECTS. NO ARRESTS HAVE BE
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Salem State basketball player killed in shooting helped Worcester high school make history
Updated: 6:55 PM EDT Nov 1, 2023
Carl-Hens Beliard, 18, was the lone senior on the North High School basketball squad that was the first sports team from a Worcester public high school to win a Division I state championship.
Carl-Hens Beliard, 18, was the lone senior on the North High School basketball squad that was the first sports team from a Worcester public high school to win a Division I state championship.
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