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November 21st: Al Bummy Davis killed (1945)

We often tell stories of carefully crafted crimes or serial killings that take up years. But some crimes, like the one we are talking about today, are quick and brutal but still just as senseless. On November 21st 1945 a man was killed in a random act of violence in a place he was getting ready to leave forever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Davis_(boxer), https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/the-killing-of-bummy-davis/, https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/hed-article-1.2358162, https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/davis-al-bummy, https://www.maxboxing.com/news/news/the-redemption-of-al-bummy-davis, https://www.nytimes.com/1945/11/26/archives/murder-broken-police-confronted-with-new-slaying-wounded-suspect.html, http://www.ronross.us/bummy-davis.php,

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