Dinuba rallies around family of Irai Torres after double homicide

DINUBA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Through embraces filled with emotion, dozens lit candles successful grant of Irai Torres whose beingness was tragically taken successful a shooting connected April 21 successful Dinuba.

Family and members of the assemblage alongside Dinuba Police, including an serviceman who was determination the time of the deadly home violence, showing up to amusement enactment for the mother.

Dinuba Youth Football Head Coach Andrew Lopez is simply a mentor to Irai's 12-year-old son, Kevin. He described her arsenic a devoted parent connected and disconnected the sidelines.

"She was ever there, ever with a smile," said Head Coach Lopez.

Irai leaves down 4 children ranging successful property from 8 to 24 years old. Her niece, Ana Lara described the devoted parent arsenic amazing.

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"She had a peculiar needs son. She was ever progressive successful the shot and sports and connected apical of that she became a registered nurse. She went done nursing schoolhouse having her 4 children.

Lara shared with Action News that her aunt had plans to prosecute her master's grade successful summation to the 2 jobs she held.

"Nothing is impossible, and she would ever archer america that," said Lara.

"I believe, particularly successful the tract that we enactment successful - adjacent successful the darkest time, there's going beryllium a existent sunshine somewhere. Something bully is going to travel retired of this," said Lilian Waweru, a Registered Nurse who worked alongside Torres astatine Bristol Hospice.

"She was a lantern that guided a batch of people," said Lopez.

The amusement of enactment from the assemblage volition proceed into the weekend. Dinuba Youth Football organized a carwash fundraiser for this Sunday successful Dinuba connected El Monte Way from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M with each the proceeds going toward the household of Irai Torres.

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