49 innocents were murdered. That number may increase with over 50 hospitalized. We have identified them, but police are releasing names only after family has been notified. Here’s who we know so far.
May they all rest in peace. In their names, let us focus on the truth and act on the reality of what they faced at that club. The attempts to politically obscure the hell they went through is itself obscene. Wemake sure their deaths are not in vain.
A GoFundMe page has been started for the victims and families.
Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old
Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old
Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old
Kimberly Morris, 37 years old
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old
Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old
Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old
Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old
Justice texted his mother Mina from the club’s bathroom, telling her that he thought he would die.
“Mommy I love you,” he wrote.
Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old
Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old
Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old
Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old
Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old
Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old
Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old
Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old
Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old
Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old
Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old
Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 years old
Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old
Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old
Rios was from Brooklyn.
His mother told ABC she is on her way to Florida to identify the body.
Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old
Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old
Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old
Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old
Cory James Connell, 21 years old
Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old
Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old
Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old
Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old
Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old
Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old
Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old
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Thanks Tammy for publishing the names and the faces of those who were slaughtered. God in his mercy will receive them into heaven and wash away the blood they shed, of that I have no doubt. In the coming days we will hear of their many accomplishments and achievements, as well as their goals and hopes.Each was unique and precious and the world is less because they have left us so soon, but those who knew them will not forget, those who loved them will remember and we, fellow Americans, will not allow our sadness to keep us from continuing this fight against terror and hate, and we shall be victorious. Rest in peace,dear ones,and may the eternal light of heaven shine upon you always.
Praying for all of these victims and their families. May they rest in peace
RIP.
It’s time for the LGBT community (and all Americans for that matter) to start voting as if their life depended on it.