Men Shot Dead in Studio: Massive Manhunt for Gunman
Michele McPhee and Laurel J. Sweet
Boston Herald
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Dorchester, Massachusetts (US):
An all-out manhunt was under way last night for an unknown gunman who coldly and methodically shot four unarmed and well-regarded young men in a Dorchester basement apartment before fleeing in one victim’s car, police said last night.
The first victim of the bloodbath was shot in the head upon answering the door leading into the basement at 43 Bourneside St. and a flurry of bullets followed, mortally wounding two others as they sat in chairs in front of recording equipment in the rear of the apartment. The last man was shot dead running for his life, several police sources said.
All had multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body. The victims were all graduates of Wakefield High School, and three of them were members of a burgeoning hip-hop group called Graveside.
The motive for the shooting is not known.BPD Deputy Superintendent Dan Coleman said detectives are searching for a black 1998 Ford Escort hatchback with tinted windows that belonged to one of the dead men but was seen fleeing the crime scene. Family members said the victim was Chris “Fat Boy” Vieira, 19.
Vieira died alongside his Graveside crew members Edwin “E.J.” Duncan and Jason “J” Bachiller, both 21. The trio’s longtime friend, Jihad Chankhour, 22, took a ride into Dorchester with Vieira about 7:30 Tuesday night. “That’s the last time we saw him,” Chankhour’s cousin, Iman, said.
Dec 15, 2005
Michele McPhee and Laurel J. Sweet
Boston Herald
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Dorchester, Massachusetts (US):
An all-out manhunt was under way last night for an unknown gunman who coldly and methodically shot four unarmed and well-regarded young men in a Dorchester basement apartment before fleeing in one victim’s car, police said last night.
The first victim of the bloodbath was shot in the head upon answering the door leading into the basement at 43 Bourneside St. and a flurry of bullets followed, mortally wounding two others as they sat in chairs in front of recording equipment in the rear of the apartment. The last man was shot dead running for his life, several police sources said.
All had multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body. The victims were all graduates of Wakefield High School, and three of them were members of a burgeoning hip-hop group called Graveside.
The motive for the shooting is not known.BPD Deputy Superintendent Dan Coleman said detectives are searching for a black 1998 Ford Escort hatchback with tinted windows that belonged to one of the dead men but was seen fleeing the crime scene. Family members said the victim was Chris “Fat Boy” Vieira, 19.
Vieira died alongside his Graveside crew members Edwin “E.J.” Duncan and Jason “J” Bachiller, both 21. The trio’s longtime friend, Jihad Chankhour, 22, took a ride into Dorchester with Vieira about 7:30 Tuesday night. “That’s the last time we saw him,” Chankhour’s cousin, Iman, said.
Dec 15, 2005
