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Gilson Semedo

Case from Boston, MA dated May 08, 2014

Victim Details

Gilson Semedo

April 4, 2023

Male

African-American / Black

Boston

MA

2014-05-08

2014-05-08

27

Gilson Semedo

Gilson

Semedo

07/23/2026


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In the late hours of a spring evening in Boston, the sound of gunshots shattered the quiet on a Dorchester street. On Thursday, May 8, 2014, around 11:00 p.m., police from the Roxbury district received a call reporting shots fired in the area of Elder Street and Cawfield Street. Responding officers arrived at 15 Cawfield Street to a grim discovery. Inside a car, they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim, an African-American man named Gilson Semedo, was pronounced deceas ...
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  • Dorchester murder victim identified - Universal Hub
  • 2014 Unsolved Homicide Cases - Boston Police Department
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    I'm trying to wrap my head around Gilson Semedo's case. It's baffling how someone can just be taken ... ...Read More
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    Hey everyone, I’ve been thinking a lot about the impact of Gilson Semedo's murder on his family, e... ...Read More
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