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Boston Gangsters Execute 40th Victim Since Last March
Boston’s gangland killings surge with a running tally of 40 victims since March. A chart labeled Greater Boston Hoodlums tracks time, place, and method as officials liken the spree to Chicago’s Prohibition era murder wave. The piece notes many cases remain unsolved and questions whether an organizing figure drives the violence or broader urban unrest fuels the epidemic.
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