| Boston Chinatown massacre | |
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  85 Tyler Street Boston Chinatown massacre (Boston) | |
| Location | 85 Tyler Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°20′56.3″N 71°3′41.8″W / 42.348972°N 71.061611°W |
| Date | Saturday, January 12, 1991 Early morning |
Attack type | Mass shooting, massacre |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 6 |
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The Boston Chinatown massacre or Tyler Street Massacre was a gang-related shooting in which five men were killed execution-style in a Boston Chinatown gambling den in the early morning hours of January 12, 1991. A sixth victim was seriously injured but survived. While no motive has been officially established, initial police reports and later Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigations indicated that the Ping On gang and one of the victims were vying for power in Boston Chinatown.
Two of the perpetrators, Nam The Tham and Siny Van Tran, were convicted of murder in 2005 after a decade-long international manhunt led to their 2001 extradition from China to the United States via Hong Kong. Both Tran and Tham are serving life sentences in prison while the third suspect, Phạm Tiến Hùng, has not yet been found as of 2021.[1][2]
- ^ Kachor, Kate (January 30, 2021). "Boston Chinatown Massacre: FBI continues hunt for 'cold-blooded killer' after 30 years". www.9news.com.au. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ "'Cold-Blooded Killer': Reward Offered For Capture Of Hung Tien Pham, Wanted In 1991 Chinatown Murders". January 12, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2021.