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Zurana Zuri Horton

Case from New-york, NY dated Oct 21, 2011

Victim Details

Zurana Zuri Horton

Female

Black / African American

New-york

NY

2011-10-21

34

Zurana

Zuri Horton

08/06/2026

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On a Friday afternoon in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, Zurana Zuri Horton, a 34-year-old mother, was fatally shot while shielding a group of children from gunfire. The tragic incident occurred on October 21, 2011, near a local elementary school just as students were being dismissed for the day. Horton was waiting to pick up her own children when the shooting began. In a final act of heroism, she used her body to cover several youngsters, a selfless move that likely saved their l ...
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