Deaths of child, mother, and two other victims are described for Mattapan massacre jury

Amanihotep Smith, the youngest and smallest of the four Mattapan massacre victims, was struck by two bullets, one of which entered the right side of the two-year-old boy’s chest, piercing his lung, a pathologist testified today.

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Flonory’s final moments were also described to the jury by state Chief Medical Examiner Henry Nields, who displayed an autopsy photograph of her so graphic that some of her relatives fled the courtroom. Tears welled in the eyes of others who stayed.

Nields said Flonory was shot by someone who held the gun close to the back of the head. The bullet travelled through her skull before exiting her face.

“She died in a matter of seconds,’’ Nields said.

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