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Zakiyah Ali

Case from Columbia, SC dated Sep 14, 2025

Victim Details

Zakiyah Ali

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Columbia

SC

2025-09-14

30

Zakiyah

Ali

07/01/2026

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In the late summer of 2025, a life was tragically cut short in Columbia, South Carolina, leaving a family in mourning and a community seeking answers. Zakiyah Ali, a 30-year-old Hispanic/Latina woman and a mother to two young children, found her life irrevocably altered on the evening of Sunday, September 14th. An argument at the InTown Suites on Two Notch Road escalated to a moment of irreversible violence. It was there that Ali sustained a gunshot wound to her upper body, a critical injury tha ...
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  • wltx.com: Victim identified in Richland County hotel shooting, suspect charged with murder
  • Columbia woman killed in hotel shooting identified as Zakiyah Ali
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