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Raphael Kurton

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated May 26, 2015

Victim Details

Raphael Kurton

Male

Brooklyn

NY

2015-05-26

27

Raphael

Kurton

07/21/2026

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On a Tuesday evening in May, the life of 27-year-old Raphael Kurton was tragically cut short. It was shortly before 9:30 p.m. on May 26, 2015, outside a corner bodega on Newkirk Avenue in the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. An argument broke out between Kurton and another man, a dispute that would have fatal consequences. The other man, identified as Patrick Zephir, suddenly pulled out a firearm. He fired six shots, striking Kurton in the torso and thigh.

Wounded, Kurton staggered f ...
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