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Bruno Latini

Case from New York City, NY dated Dec 24, 1971

Victim Details

Bruno Latini

Male

White / Caucasian

New York City

NY

1971-12-24

55

Bruno

Latini

07/28/2026

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Bruno Latini, a 55-year-old White man, was killed in New York City on December 24, 1971, in a slaying that later turned up not as a neatly closed police file but as a line in the long, grim ledger of organized-crime lore. In accounts that catalog mob-era violence, Latini’s end is described with stark simplicity: he was shot to death while in his car, on Christmas Eve, in the city that never really pauses—even for the holidays.

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  • Bar Owner Found Shot to Death In Car in Midtown Parking Lot
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