On a sweltering summer evening in East Harlem on July 28, 1931, five-year-old Michael Vengalli was playing with his older brother Salvatore and other children on the street. The Italian neighborhood was bustling with families seeking refuge from the oppressive heat in their tenement apartments. At approximately 6:30 p.m., the innocence of the evening was shattered by a volley of gunfire that erupted from a passing car. The hail of bullets was not intended for the children, but rather for a bootl
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