Rafat S. Elghaffar

How they died

Deadly force

Elghaffar had gone to Nu Look, a tailoring and dry-cleaning shop where his estranged wife worked, confronted the owner and fired one shot, police said. The owner ran into a neighboring store. Elghaffar followed him and fired two more shots. Two officers arrived and told Elghaffar to put his weapon down. The officers shot Elghaffar after he raised his gun at them.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Rafat S. Elghaffar, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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