In the summer of 2017, a brave act to de-escalate a heated argument tragically cut short the life of Graciela Portillo-Esparza, a 31-year-old mother of four, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. On July 20th, at a mobile home park, Graciela stepped in to intervene in a dispute between her brother, Oscar Portillo, and a man named Zachary Patten. In a sudden and violent turn of events, Patten produced a firearm and fatally shot Graciela. Her family remembered her as a strong-willed and protective individual wh
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