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Yusuf Ozgur

Case from Manassas, VA dated Dec 26, 2019

Victim Details

Yusuf Ozgur

Male

White / Caucasian

Manassas

VA

2019-12-26

56

Yusuf

Ozgur

07/14/2026

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Yusuf Ozgur, a 56-year-old man of Turkish-American descent, was working as a DoorDash driver on the early morning of December 26, 2019, in Manassas, Virginia. In an act of simple courtesy, he held the door open for two men exiting a Denny's restaurant, tragically unaware that they had just committed an armed robbery inside and had shot a patron. As the men exited, one struck Ozgur in the head with a baton, and the other fatally shot him. Ozgur, a handyman who was working a side job to provide fo ...
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  • WTKR.com: Police arrest both suspects in the Denny’s restaurant killing
  • NBC4 Washington: Delivery Driver Killed in Shooting at Virginia Denny’s
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