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Zachary Hawthorn

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Oct 31, 2021

Victim Details

Zachary Hawthorn

Male

Black / African American

Phoenix

AZ

2021-10-31

55

Zachary

Hawthorn

07/15/2026

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Zachary Hawthorn was a 55-year-old Black man living in Phoenix, Arizona, whose path through life had taken him from Memphis, Tennessee, to military service and years of hard work before retirement. In memories shared by those who knew him, his name sometimes appears as Hawthorne, a reminder of how people’s stories are preserved in fragments across different records. Loved ones describe a devoted father and grandfather who had one daughter named RaSheena and three grandchildren, a man who once ...
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  • FOX 10 Phoenix: PD: Man shot, killed near downtown Phoenix
  • Zachary Hawthorn, age 55 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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