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NEWS ABOUT: contract hit

contract hit stories: 3 news summaries

Russian Sports, Concert Tycoon Gunned Down

Shabtai von Kalmanovic, 60, know for importing WNBA stars

Nov 2, 09 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A former KGB agent turned sports- and concert-promoter was gunned down today in Moscow, with the submachine gun-toting assailants pulling alongside Shabtai von Kalmanovic’s Mercedes and killing him nearly instantly in a hail of bullets. Kalmanovic, 60, brought stars of the WNBA to Russia during its off-season to play... More »

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Russia • Israel • WNBA • espionage • KGB • assassination • Shabtai von Kalmanovic • Spartak • contract hit

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Fla. Couple Murder Looks Like Contract Hit

Parents of 13 special needs kids 'hated'
by businessman

Aug 21, 09 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The murder of Bud Billings and his wife Melanie is looking more like a contract hit than an In Cold Blood-style robbery gone wrong, Tim Padgett writes in Time. The tale centers on a boastful ex-Karate instructor in Pensacola, Fla., Leonard Gonzalez, who tells police he turned down the murder-for-hire... More »

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Florida • murder • conspiracy • killings • loan • contract hit • Pensacola

Jilted Lover Charged in Contract Hit on Teen Mom

Man hired cousin to kill girlfriend and make it look like a mugging

Apr 16, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The shooting death of an 18-year-old mom and wounding of her boyfriend as they sat with their baby son in a car was set up by the beau, cops now say. The boyfriend initially insisted the two had been shot by a robber in the Bronx, but now he and... More »

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crime • New York • murder • Bronx • shooting • contract hit

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