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Johnny Reid

Case from Detroit, MI dated Dec 25, 1926

Victim Details

Johnny Reid

Male

Detroit

MI

1926-12-25

36

Johnny

Reid

07/10/2026

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On Christmas night in 1926, Johnny Reid, a 36-year-old liquor distributor for the notorious Purple Gang, was murdered in Detroit, Michigan. He was reportedly shot in the head with a sawed-off shotgun in the yard behind his residence at 3025 East Grand Boulevard. Reid, who had moved to Detroit from St. Louis, was a former member of the Egan's Rats gang and had brought with him a reputation and connections from that city's underworld.

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