Hanford community comes together to honor the life of Adrian Valdovinos during emotional vigil

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- Family, friends and assemblage members gathered astatine Civic Center Park to retrieve 25-year-old Adrian Valdovinos, a young boxer whose beingness was chopped abbreviated successful a shooting aboriginal Sunday morning, according to police.

"It's conscionable a large loss. He's going to beryllium greatly missed," said Christine Aguilar, Adrian's aunt.

It's been an affectional rollercoaster for Adrian's loved ones. His household held a vigil Wednesday nighttime to grant his life. Many radical came to wage their respects, reflecting the interaction helium had connected the community.

Valdovinos' father, Robert Santiago Aguilar, remembered his lad arsenic compassionate and selfless.

"He was truthful forgiving, truthful loving, truthful kind, and ever wanted to look retired for others earlier himself," Robert said.

Photos displayed astatine the vigil showed Adrian's beingness and growth. His begetter said his lad had touched galore lives and expressed anticipation that those gathered would bespeak the interaction helium near behind.

"I conscionable anticipation that wherever he's at, he's looking down astatine america and helium sees the interaction helium had connected truthful galore lives," Aguilar said.

The vigil besides honored Valdovinos' passionateness for boxing. Gloves placed astatine the vigil symbolized Adrian's passionateness for the sport. Known arsenic a talented boxer, helium held a nonrecreational grounds of 10-2.

Adrian's brother, Ruben Valdovinos Jr., told Action News that boxing was wherever helium made his sanction and that Adrian served arsenic an unthinkable relation exemplary portion grooming astatine the Hanford PAL Program.

"Boxing was his beingness and past each of a abrupt his life's taken," said Christine.

According to Hanford Police, officers responded aboriginal Sunday greeting to a location adjacent University and Stanford avenues aft a telephone reported arguing and imaginable gunshots.

Investigators accidental 33-year-old Vincent Diaz forced his mode into the home, wherever helium past changeable and killed Adrian and past took his ain life.

"My bosom is wholly shattered astatine the concern but yet I find immoderate bid successful knowing he's good and he's successful eden now," said Robert

Many are near wondering wherefore this calamity adjacent happened. Adrian volition stay everlastingly 25, but his bequest volition unrecorded on.

"He was a large fable and his fable volition transportation on," said Christine.

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