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Trial begins in Mattapan massacre

As prosecutors described how four people were killed in 2010, several family members of the victims ran out of the courtroom sobbing.

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Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Edmond Zabin gave jurors viewing instructions for a trip to the scene of a 2010 Mattapan shooting.

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Jurors toured the Mattapan neighborhood where five people were shot - four fatally - in 2010.

Mattapan-02/16/12 Jurors toured the Woolson and Sutton Streets neighborhood where 5 people were shot in 2010, in which 4 were killed including a 2-year old toddler. Chief prosecutor on the case, Assistant District Attorney Edmond Zabin(left) stands on the stairs of 23 Sutton Street and addresses the jurors. The people that were murdered lived at this address and were herdered to WoolsonStreet where they were shot. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (metro)

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Among those killed in the shootings was a two-year-old boy, Amanihotep Smith.

for Metro - 17mattapan - (021612 Boston, MA) Dwayne Moore speaks with his attorney during his murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court, Thursday, February 16, 2012. (Angela Rowlings/Pool/ Boston Herald)

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Dwayne Moore, 34, and another defendant are being tried for first-degree murder in the slayings.

for Metro - 17mattapan - (021612 Boston, MA) Edward Washington appears at Suffolk Superior Court during his trial, Thursday, February 16, 2012. (Angela Rowlings/Pool/ Boston Herald)

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Edward Washington, 32, is the other defendant being tried for the killings.

for Metro - 17mattapan - (021612 Boston, MA) Defense attorney John Amabile speaks to jurors during the opening of the murder trial of Dwayne Moore and Edward Washington at Suffolk Superior Court, Thursday, February 16, 2012. (Angela Rowlings/Pool/ Boston Herald)

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John Amabile, Moore's defense lawyer, attacked the credibility of one of the prosecution's key witnesses during the opening day of the trial.

for Metro - 17mattapan - (021612 Boston, MA) Victims' families show emotion during the opening of the murder trial of Dwayne Moore and Edward Washington at Suffolk Superior Court, Thursday, February 16, 2012. (Angela Rowlings/Pool/ Boston Herald)

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Several family members of the victims became emotional as the prosecution detailed the killings.

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Judge Christine McEvoy gave jurors instructions during the opening of the murder trial today.

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