The other murder last year is at least a symptom, perhaps a result, of the city's long hours.
Early on the morning of Sept. 18, Collin Burton stopped at Central Sqaure's Hi-Fi Pizza on his way home from a night in Harvard Square. According to police reports, after an argument with the occupants of a green Ford Bronco, Burton banged his fist on the jeep's hood. The Bronco's passenger fired once into Burton's chest. He died the following morning.
Burton's murder highlights one of Cambridge's trouble spots: Central Square. It has long been a favorite area for robbers and drug dealers. In fact, several drug-related shootings were reported in the area in the weeks leading up to Burton's death.
Roughly half of the unprovoked aggravated assaults last year happened in and around Central Square.
And both of the top two drug arrest hot spots highlighted by CPD are in Central Square.
CPD's Special Investigations Unit has moved aggressively into Central Square in recent years attempting to curtail drug violations. The increase in arrests is partly because of that.
CPD's new program of "Park and Walks" is also helping.
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