Elzina Brown, 59, of the Bronx became New York City’s first murder victim of 2013 after taking a bullet for her daughter embroiled in a domestic dispute.
According to the NY Daily News, the mother of four was gunned down in her home around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday by Raymond Mayrant, the boyfriend of Brown’s daughter Diamond Dunn. The couple reportedly had been arguing over their 4-year-old daughter when Mayrant pulled out a gun and aimed it at Dunn. Brown stepped between the pair and was shot in the chest.
Brown, an NYPD school crossing guard home on her lunch break, died at the scene.
Mayrant also shot Dunn in the face before fleeing from the apartment. She was taken to Jacobi Medical Center and is expected to survive.
Friends of Dunn say she’s in pretty bad shape, stating her face is “basically gone” and have long since questioned why she was with Mayrant who “abused her in every possible way.”
Relatives believe Mayrant might have fled to his home in Norfolk, Va. He was in New York for the holidays to see his daughter. The suspect’s prior arrests include assault, grand larceny possession of stolen property and resisting arrest, reports the NY Post.
“These were good people,” said Andre Williams, an old friend of Brown. “That’s why this hurts so much.”
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