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Dinho Fernandes

Case from Brockton, MA dated Mar 17, 1999

Victim Details

Dinho Fernandes

Male

Black / African American

Brockton

MA

1999-03-17

17

Dinho

Fernandes

07/19/2026

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On a spring evening in Brockton, Massachusetts, the life of 17-year-old Dinho Fernandes was cut short by gunfire. On March 17, 1999, in what was described as a drive-by shooting on Sylvester Street, the male teenager was struck in the back by a 9mm bullet and pronounced dead at the scene. The violence that erupted that day also left two other teens wounded: 17-year-old Romulo Fernandes, who was not related to Dinho, and 19-year-old Adamo da Silviera. Authorities and neighbors believed the attack ...
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  • Newspapers.com: Man convicted, 2d acquitted in slayings (Luis Carvalho and Dinho Fernandes) 2006 - Newspapers.com
  • Newspapers.com: The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts on March 19, 1999 · 21
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