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Kazemde Zahiratu

Case from Newark, NJ dated Sep 08, 2014

Victim Details

Kazemde Zahiratu

Male

Black / African American

Newark

NJ

2014-09-08

21

Kazemde

Zahiratu

07/02/2026

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Kazemde Zahiratu, a 21-year-old Black man from Newark, New Jersey, grew up in the city’s West Ward, part of a community that knew both close-knit neighborhoods and the constant pressure of street violence. Online memorials remember him as a son and former West Side High School student whose life was cut short before he could fully step into adulthood.

In the early hours of September 8, 2014, the quiet along the 1000 block of South Orange Avenue in Newark’s West Ward was broken by gun ...
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  • rlsmedia.com: Overnight Newark West Ward Shooting Victim Dies
  • NJ.com: Newark man victim of city's fourth fatal shooting since Friday, authorities say
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