Lora-Arzu case tragic for both sides
By Rob Sgobbo January 26, 2010 –
It sounded like a “sawed-off shotgun blast” outside the window.
Raphael Lora, 41, was sitting in his kitchen with his wife, Beatriz, and her friend, Damaris Marrero. Upon hearing the blast, Lora ran downstairs from his second floor apartment on the corner of Hewitt Place and Longwood Avenue in the Longwood section of the Bronx. It was a cool night on May 18, 2007, and the street’s pavement was glistening after a light rain fell a couple of hours earlier. Lora threw on a blue fleece jacket, and attached the holster for his 9 mm Glock semi-automatic pistol to his belt.
