Family remembers kind, loving boy killed in south Salem shooting

The high school sophomore dreamed of being a professional boxer.

Instead, he was gunned down on a neighborhood street in south Salem.

Hector de Jesus Gonzalez Mendoza, 16, was killed in the shooting on June 23.

Authorities have provided no details about the events leading up to the boy’s death. An 18-year-old man has been charged with murdering him.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office declined to name the teen who was killed, saying it…