James Michael Read

Death by Force

In the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, on a late March evening in 2011, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. James Michael Read, a 24-year-old African-American male, was fatally shot on March 26, 2011. The incident occurred at 37 Ellington Street, marking another grim statistic in the city's count of violent deaths for the year. His death was one of 34 homicides that plagued the communities of Dorchester and Mattapan in 2011.

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2011 Unsolved Homicides - Boston Police Department

34 homicides were recorded across the months | Dorchester Reporter

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