Tiffany Moore
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Darlene Tiffany Moore was a 12-year-old girl from Boston
who was murdered while sitting on her front stoop on the evening of August 19, 1988. An unintended victim of the city's then out-of-control gang violence, Moore was caught in the crossfire and shot three times by gang members as she talked with friends on the front steps of her tenement in Boston's Dorchester
neighborhood. The shooting was extensively covered in both the local and national press, and Moore's face came to symbolize Boston's epidemic of gang violence at the time. Moore's murder catalyzed the formation of a number of civic and local groups that went on to work to stem the tide of violence in Boston.
Shawn Drumgold was convicted of Moore's murder on October 13, 1989. In November 2003, Drumgold's conviction was overturned. Drumgold was assisted by lawyer Rosemary C. Scapicchio in his successful retrial.
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
who was murdered while sitting on her front stoop on the evening of August 19, 1988. An unintended victim of the city's then out-of-control gang violence, Moore was caught in the crossfire and shot three times by gang members as she talked with friends on the front steps of her tenement in Boston's Dorchester
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Dorchester is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated and is today endearingly nicknamed "Dot" by its residents. Dorchester, including a large...
neighborhood. The shooting was extensively covered in both the local and national press, and Moore's face came to symbolize Boston's epidemic of gang violence at the time. Moore's murder catalyzed the formation of a number of civic and local groups that went on to work to stem the tide of violence in Boston.
Shawn Drumgold was convicted of Moore's murder on October 13, 1989. In November 2003, Drumgold's conviction was overturned. Drumgold was assisted by lawyer Rosemary C. Scapicchio in his successful retrial.