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About America's Most Wanted: FBI's City Wide Manhunt For Boston Cop Killer

On October 2, 1987, a Boston police officer responding to a domestic disturbance call was fatally wounded. Local authorities launched a citywide manhunt, but were only able to find the fingerprints of the chief suspect.

America's Most Wanted: FBI's City Wide Manhunt For Boston Cop Killer is presented by FBI Investigates. Its listed runtime is 50 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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America's Most Wanted: FBI's City Wide Manhunt For Boston Cop Killer
Runtime
50 minutes
Language
English

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