Darlene Tiffany Moore was a 12-year-old girl from

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who, at 9:05 p.m. on Friday, August 19, 1988, was unintentionally struck and killed by two stray bullets fired by feuding drug dealers as she was sitting on a neighborhood mailbox.Gold, Allan M
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'', 1988-08-29. Retrieved on 2007-10-29. Moore became an example of Boston's epidemic of gang violence at the time. In Roxbury, one of Boston's more economically depressed neighborhoods, citizens were outraged by the incident. "''The future of Roxbury was represented in her''," said then-Roxbury City Council member Bruce C. Bolling. "''That's why people were so upset and angry. They thought, 'That could have been my daughter, my son, my husband, my wife, anybody who goes about his daily business." Shawn Drumgold was convicted of Moore's death on October 13, 1989. In November 2003, Drumgold's conviction was overturned.Wright, Chris
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'', December 2003. Retrieved on 2007-10-29. Drumgold was assisted by lawyer Rosemary C. Scapicchio in his successful retrial. Moore's death was recounted in the song " Wildside" by

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