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Quran Horton

Case from New-york, NY dated Jan 10, 1991

Victim Details

Quran Horton

Male

New-york

NY

1991-01-10

16

Quran

Horton

07/21/2026

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A selfless mother's life was tragically cut short in a hail of bullets on a Brooklyn street corner, a victim of a gang dispute that had nothing to do with her. Zurana Horton, a 34-year-old mother of twelve, was picking up one of her children from a school in the Brownsville neighborhood on October 21, 2011, when gunfire erupted. In her final moments, she acted heroically, shielding a group of children from the spray of bullets, an act that saved their lives but cost her own. She was struck in th ...
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  • Newspapers.com: Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan on January 12, 1991 · Page 5
  • Hero Mom Zurana Horton’s Living Memorial: Her Family
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