Alberto “Alpo” Martinez was killed in a drive-by shooting as he sat in his 2017 Dodge Ram at 147th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard.
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“You were in the witness protection program because you testified against other drug dealers,” the source said.
“You’d make a lot of enemies who have a score to settle,” the source said. “When you return to the same area, word will get out very fast. He’s back in the zone.”
The source, who said Martinez’s vehicle had paper plates from Texas, said it wasn’t clear if Martinez had left witness protection entirely or was just back for a visit.
Photos from the scene showed his bullet-ridden, red truck.
Martinez’s vehicle had paper plates from Texas and it wasn’t clear if he had left witness protection entirely or was just back for a visit. Seth Gottfried
“It seems pretty intentional when you shoot somebody five times,” a police source said. There were no immediate arrests.
Martinez dealt drugs in the same neighborhood where he was killed in the mid–1980s before he was busted for dealing crack in Washington, DC.
Martinez was released from prison in 2015 while serving a 35-year sentence at ADX Florence, a federal supermax prison in Colorado.
Alberto “Alpo” Martinez dealt drugs in the same neighborhood where he was killed in the mid–1980s.
“Paid in Full” was based on the story of Martinez and his partners Rich Porter and Azie Faison.
He was profiled on a 2012 episode of the TV series “Gangsters: America’s Most Evil” and name-checked by numerous rappers, including Nas in “Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park)” and songs by Jay-Z and 50 Cent
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