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Safiro Teixeira Furtado

Case from Boston, MA dated Jul 16, 2012

Victim Details

Safiro Teixeira Furtado

Male

Black / African American

Boston

MA

2012-07-16

28

Safiro

Teixeira Furtado

07/21/2026

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Safiro Teixeira Furtado, a 28-year-old male immigrant from Cape Verde, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Boston, Massachusetts on July 16, 2012. In the early morning hours, Furtado and his friend, Daniel de Abreu, were passengers in a BMW when an SUV pulled up alongside them at a red light. Multiple shots were fired from the SUV into the car, killing both Furtado and de Abreu. The attack was described by authorities as a senseless act of violence, as neither Furtado nor de Abreu had any known ...
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  • providencejournal.com: Massachusetts police connect gun to double murder in which Hernandez is a suspect
  • NECN: ‘He Died in My Hands': Survivors of Fatal Shooting Testify in Aaron Hernandez Double Murder Trial
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    I've been going over the details of the Safiro Furtado and Daniel de Abreu case, and something that ... ...Read More
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