Eric Mendoza

Eric Mendoza, a 27-year-old resident of San Jose, California, tragically lost his life on April 3, 2014. Mendoza was shot and killed while sitting in his red Toyota Corolla near Lanai Avenue and Denali Way, just east of Highway 101. The incident occurred around 5:25 a.m. as he was moving his car for street sweeping. Mendoza, a father of a six-month-old boy and a machinist in Belmont, was found slumped over in his vehicle after it crashed into a parked car. His wife initially did not see his body ...

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