“Leonel Rondon was a loving supportive family member and friend,” Doug Sheff told reporters Wednesday at his Boston law office, flanked by Rondon family members. “He was only 18-years-old and very much full of life. He loved science and music, but most of all he loved his family and he will be sorely missed forever.”

Sheff said the scholarships would to “encourage fire and explosives prevention in the future, as well as public safety.”

“We will continue to work with the Rondons in order to maintain a safe environment for all of us and our loved ones,” he said. “Let us never allow such a catastrophe to happen again.”