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Deborah Houston

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Oct 19, 2020

Victim Details

Deborah Houston

Female

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2020-10-19

59

Deborah

Houston

07/09/2026

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In the early morning hours of a Monday in October 2020, the life of 59-year-old Deborah Houston was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence in southwest Atlanta. A female, she had been standing outside the Family Food Mart on Atlanta Avenue and Hank Aaron Drive around 5:25 a.m. when a silver SUV drove by and unleashed a spray of bullets. Struck in the head, Houston was found unresponsive by police and pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators at the time believed that Housto ...
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  • https://www-gusthornhillsfuneralhome-com.filesusr.com/html/acc287_e0e9f5e5e0ec004c1babb46e7e70d044.html?name=ms-deborah-houston
  • https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-woman-shot-in-the-head-killed-at-sw-atlanta-food-mart/KMJDA6C6LBF4DLF5NAMJB54ZKM/
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    I recently read about Deborah Houston's case, and it's just so upsetting to think about how she was ... ...Read More
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