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Possible murder weapons in Mattapan massacre recovered
By Laura Crimaldi and Dave Wedge | Thursday, September 30, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage
Photo by Mark Garfinkel
Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said today police have located the Ford Edge which witnesses saw Tuesday fleeing the scene of the Woolson Street massacre that claimed the lives of four people, including a 2-year-old boy.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino, meanwhile, said the vehicle’s recovery led cops to weapons possibly used in the shootings, confirming a report in today’s Herald.
“That information has led to different information that police have followed through on . . . and led us to the guns just this morning,” the mayor told reporters this morning.
The Herald reported in today’s edition that cops found a gun in a bag in the home of a man driving a vehicle believed to be connected to the slayings.
The driver was not arrested and was still being tracked last night, a source said.
Davis said the vehicle, which belongs to one of the victims, was found in Grove Hall. Also, police executed a search warrant at an undisclosed location overnight and recovered significant evidence, the commissioner said.
The massacre claimed the lives of Eyanna Flonory, 21, her 2-year-old son, Amanihoteph Smith, Simba Martin, 21, and Levaughn Washum-Garrison, 22.
Marcus A. Hurd, 32, was also critically injured and remains hospitalized.
Boston police today are guarding Martin’s home on Sutton Street, located about a half-a-block from the crime scene. Officers have been trying to obtain a search warrant to go into the house since yesterday. Davis said the department is still building its case, so it can obtain the warrant.
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