A 56-year-old man shot and killed in Shrewsbury last week was remembered in his obituary as an avid music lover who also loved golf and hockey.

Kevin Doherty was killed on the morning of Aug. 28 after dropping his 6-year-old son off at school. Prosecutors say Doherty confronted Snehal A. Srivastava , 26, and the pair argued over graffiti before Srivastava shot Doherty several times.

Doherty had called 911 just before the shooting and could be heard saying “he shot me" on the open line, according to a police report .

Srivastava has since been criminally charged and is being held without bail.

Doherty was born in Brighton but spent his childhood in Framingham, where he graduated from Marian High School. He eventually earned a degree in geography from Fitchburg State University an

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