May 14, 1971 · The Harvard Crimson

Teen-Ager Shot and Killed On Mount Auburn Street

A teenager was shot and killed on Mt. Auburn St. while trying to prevent a young woman from being molested. The incident occurred outside the Morgan Memorial Store. The victim, an 18 or 19-year-old frequent visitor to Sanctuary, a counseling service for street people, was from Indiana. He was shot in the chest by an assailant described as a 22-year-old black man, 6'1", wearing a brown hat, an army p-jacket, and bell-bottom dungaree pants, and carrying two .44-caliber pistols. The victim was pronounced dead shortly after at Cambridge City Hospital.
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Landau, M. DAVID
Publisher
The Harvard Crimson
Date
1971-05-14
Format
Digital
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https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1971/5/14/teen-ager-shot-and-killed-on-mount/
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