The Massachusetts Parole Board has denied parole for Wayland Coleman, a man serving a life sentence for the 1997 murder of a teenager in Worcester.
In a decision dated Oct. 14, the board stated that Coleman has not shown a level of rehabilitation that would make his release compatible with the welfare of society. His case will be reviewed again in three years.
Coleman was 19 years old on May 25, 1997, when a fight broke out as a crowd left the Eden Restaurant on Water Street. During the altercation, Coleman got a gun from a car and shot 17-year-old Neal-Sabree McClain, who was unarmed, at close range. According to the board’s case summary, Coleman shot McClain a second time as he lay on the ground. McClain was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries…