Simba Martin's family huddled around his shiny, pewter-colored casket Tuesday morning, their cries of grief filling the small red-brick church on Highland Street. Near the altar, a female relative shouted 'why' repeatedly as she slumped in the embrace of a family member. At the other end of Timothy Baptist Church, near the entrance, ushers handed out six-page funeral programs, with covers featuring a picture of Martin dressed in a light-colored suit and tie, smiling broadly. The hourlong wake for Martin ended with a crescendo of wails and organ music. As the funeral service began, a brief hush fell over the Roxbury church as mourners sat and flipped through the program. The 90-minute service carried about 400 people through somberness, laughter, and foot-tapping worship. Martin was one of four people found shot to death on a Mattapan street Sept. 28 and the first to be laid to rest. Another man was shot in the head, but remains in critical condition. Martin's sister, Shanikwa Marsh, told the congregation that several years ago her brother offered to help her find affordable sneakers, claiming he had the 'hook-up.' She said in a light-hearted tone, 'Simba, I'll never forget the way you responded to me when I told you that your 'hook-up' sold fake sneakers and you said I just can't wear the sneakers every day.' The crowd erupted in laughter. Moments later, she took a more sober tone, saying, 'And for those people that did this to you, God and Jesus will serve them right because they harmed not one but five of God's children. And I hope you aren't up worrying about the family down here, because we'll make it through, maybe not today, tomorrow, next week, or next year, but eventually we will.' The church's pastor, the Rev. Larry Green Sr., said, 'as pastor, you don't expect to bury the youth of your church.' Later in the service, he delivered an impassioned eulogy, at times jumping in place and pacing the width of the altar. 'No longer should we be burying our babies. ... This has got to come to an end.' As Green prepared to lead Martin's family out of the church at the end of the service, he stopped in the center aisle, looked out over the pews, and said of the 21-year-old victim, 'He may have done some wrong, but maybe you have too.' Martin would have celebrated a birthday this past Monday. He had recently started dating Eyanna Flonory, 21. Flonory and her 2-year-old son, Amanihotep Smith, were also killed. Funeral services are scheduled Wednesday for the mother and son, at Morning Star Baptist Church in Mattapan. Relatives of another victim, Levaughn Washum-Garrison, 22, plan to hold a service Monday. The fifth victim, Marcus Hurd, 32, is on life support, and police say he is not expected to survive. On Sept. 28, at 1:12 a.m., police were called to Woolson Street, where they found the five victims suffering from gunshot wounds. The male victims were naked. Hurd was able to tell police that his rental car had been stolen. Police found the vehicle near Grove Hall in Roxbury and noticed Kimani Washington, 34, of Dorchester, standing nearby. According to authorities, Washington admitted being inside the car, but he was not arrested due to insufficient evidence. Later the same day, police went to his mother's home on Fowler Street, where Washington occasionally stays, and found two firearms and ammunition. No one has been charged with the killings, but Washington was arrested Friday in Manchester, N.H., and charged with stealing Hurd's rental car, unlawful possession of two firearms, and unlawful possession of ammunition, among other charges. Investigators are testing the weapons to see whether they were used in the shootings. Washington is expected back in Boston by early next week. 