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MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Madera assemblage is inactive grieving aft a begetter of 2 kids was changeable and killed portion moving astatine Walgreens.
Thursday night, a candlelight vigil was held extracurricular of Walgreens successful his honor. Police said 32-year-old Erick Velazquez died aft 30-year-old Narciso Fernandez changeable him successful a seemingly random shooting Monday night.
More than 100 radical made it retired to the candlelight vigil. “Erick was a hero,” Madera Police Chief Gino Chiaramonte said.
Police said Velazquez was changeable and killed portion moving astatine Walgreens. The store manager, Diego Ramirez, was besides wounded successful Monday night's shooting. We’re told helium volition recover. This was caught connected camera, but present those who loved Velazquez the astir are asking why. No 1 has answers yet.
“It’s conscionable precise surreal. I’m inactive trying to process the full situation. He leaves down a woman and 2 kids,” Erick’s person Edgar Lujano, said.
The quality of Erick’s passing and its interaction extends beyond his location successful Madera. Edgar Lujano went to schoolhouse with Erick astatine Fresno State.
We graduated, and we conscionable stayed successful touch.//he was a precise comic guy, precise down to earth.”
Sam Cortez was 1 of Erick’s regular customers.
“He ever went beyond the telephone of duty, similar they say, if determination was a medicine that was wrong, you'd telephone idiosyncratic to assistance you. If you were looking for a circumstantial acquisition oregon a paper oregon a book, oregon you didn't cognize however to tally the photographing machine, he'd travel from down the antagonistic and assistance you,” Cortez said.
The officers who responded to the shooting paid their respects and offered enactment to the mom, who volition present rise 2 kids without their father.
“I conscionable gave her a hug due to the fact that she’s present got to enactment it unneurotic and beryllium beardown for her seven-year-old lad and young infant. But she’s besides mislaid the emotion of her life,” Madera Chief of Police Gino Chiaramonte said.
A void present exists successful the Velazquez home. “He was conscionable a loving young man. And it's a tragedy,” Cortez said. And a void successful the Madera community.
“The brushed glow is conscionable overwhelming close present successful darkness. And acheronian has conscionable benignant of shined down. And present the glow of the lights of the candles is impactful,” Chief Chiaramonte said.
You tin enactment Erick’s household by donating to his GoFundMe.
