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Dantley Leonard

Case from Boston, MA dated Nov 12, 2016

Victim Details

Dantley Leonard

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Boston

MA

2016-11-12

2016-11-12

28

Dantley

Leonard

No

07/24/2026


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On a Saturday afternoon in Boston, a 28-year-old African-American man named Dantley Leonard was on Ames Street in Dorchester, helping a friend move furniture into an apartment in the Franklin Field Development on November 12, 2016. It was a day of ordinary activity that turned tragic when a man approached and opened fire with a. 40 caliber pistol. Leonard was shot 11 times and succumbed to his injuries. A second man who was with him was also shot three times but survived the attack.

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  • New trial ordered for man convicted of 2016 murder at Franklin Field
  • Life Sentence in Ames Street Murder
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