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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The household of the Venezuelan antheral who was changeable and killed successful a barbershop successful Fresno hosted a solemnisation of beingness for the unfortunate connected Tuesday.
The Fresno County Coroner's Office identified 44-year-old Jampier Quintero arsenic 1 of the victims successful a deadly shooting astatine a barbershop successful Fresno. At the time, Quintero took his boys to get a haircut, get acceptable for Easter, and to spell to a wedding the adjacent time - but the time ne'er came.
The work hosted astatine Martin Park was not lone to commemorate Quintero, but besides to nonstop a connection astir the benignant of idiosyncratic helium was.
"He was 1 of the champion radical I cognize successful this world," said his aunt, Deiglis Delgado.
Delgado says they were celebrating Easter the time of the incident. They were getting crystal cream, and Quintero wanted to instrumentality his children to the barbershop truthful they could get a haircut and get acceptable for a wedding they would spell to the adjacent day, connected Easter.
She wanted to observe Easter with Quintero and his family, but they were incapable to. When she learned astir his death, Delgado states she recovered herself wrong a nightmare.
"I said 'I americium wrong a immense nightmare,'" she said.
Delgado says his nephew was a hardworking antheral who ever wanted to "do what is right." Born and raised successful Caracas, Venezuela, Quintero moved to Peru owed to the country's situation.
His aunt says that, aft facing galore difficulties, she saw a airy astatine the extremity of the tunnel; 2 years ago, she, on with her husband, were capable to assistance him and his household travel to the United States done the humanitarian parole.
"To me, it was a bliss," she said. "He was the archetypal household member, aft 18 years, to travel here.
When I had him here, that was a imagination travel true… and for idiosyncratic to travel and destruct that dream, you don't expect that."
Once helium was successful the United States, Quintero began to work. Eventually, helium and his woman managed to execute everything they wanted successful little than 2 years; however, his aunt says Quintero's ngo did not extremity there.
José Sanchéz, the pastor astatine the Centro Cristiano a Las Naciones, describes Quintero arsenic idiosyncratic who would often effort to assistance others successful his community, bringing nutrient and helping the needy.
In 2024, a autobus with 19 Venezuelans arrived successful Fresno. The group, stranded, received assistance from the Fresno Mission and different radical - 1 of those was Quintero.
"When we were with him and were praying for the Venezuelans, 1 of the things I retrieve that Jampier said was 'I privation for america to go a family,' and now, we are a family," said Delgado.
Quintero treated the radical arsenic portion of their family. On the time of the incident, 2 from the radical were accompanying Quintero to get a haircut for his boys.
When the shooting began, Sanchéz says helium shielded his children from the shots. Quintero, according to Delgado, requested that his caller household members instrumentality attraction of his children.
"When helium saw the danger, helium took his sons, 1 successful his arms. To support them, helium received a slug that took his life," said Sánchez. "He behaved similar a champion. We could accidental today, arsenic a hero."
When asked astir their tendency for justice, Delgado said, "The connection I nonstop to that feline is that [I hope] God has mercy connected him and helium knows that God loves him and to alteration his ways due to the fact that what helium did was truly bad. But that helium knows that God loves him, but helium conscionable needs to alteration his mode of living, to repent and alteration his mode of surviving due to the fact that it's horrible."
A religion ambassador from Care Portal, Juan Garza, stepped up to assistance Quintero's household by raising wealth for bills and getting apparel for the boys.
“I heard that 1 of the boys was connected his knees conscionable crying for his dad. If that doesn't interaction your heart, past there's thing wrong. And I deliberation that we request to dispersed love, not violence.”
Quintero leaves down a woman and 2 children. Anybody who wishes to assistance this household get done this hard concern tin donate to their GoFundMe fundraiser.
