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Carlo Tresca

Case from Manhattan, NY dated Jan 11, 1943

Victim Details

Carlo Tresca

Male

White / Caucasian

Manhattan

NY

1943-01-11

63

Carlo

Tresca

07/28/2026

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On the evening of January 11, 1943, the bustling streets of Manhattan bore witness to the final moments of Carlo Tresca, a 63-year-old Italian-American newspaper editor and labor organizer. As he crossed Fifth Avenue at 15th Street, a black Ford sedan pulled alongside him. A stout gunman emerged, firing a single, fatal shot to the back of Tresca's head, ending the life of a man who had made a career of making powerful enemies. The car, with all its doors ajar, was later discovered abandoned near ...
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