Friends and loved ones packed Morning Star Baptist Church in Woodlawn Tuesday morning to pay tribute to Barry Wright Sr., a 69-year-old motorcyclist struck and killed by a 12-year-old boy driving a stolen car in West Baltimore late last month.
Wright’s funeral comes as police apprehended another 12-year-old behind the wheel of a stolen car that crashed in the same neighborhood near Coppin State University over the weekend.
Stolen on Sunday
It was around 2 a.m. Sunday when police said a 12-year-old boy stole a Hyundai Sonata from the 1200 block of North Gay Street in East Baltimore.
The owner of the car declined an interview, but his girlfriend said he was able to track the Hyundai online and showed pictures of severe damage to the front end when it crashed into a home more than four miles away in the 2800-block of West North Avenue…