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Dalion Mendoza

Case from Cleveland, OH dated Jan 26, 2020

Victim Details

Dalion Mendoza

Male

Cleveland

OH

2020-01-26

30

Dalion

Mendoza

06/25/2026

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Dalion Mendoza, a 30-year-old man from Cleveland, Ohio, tragically lost his life on January 26, 2020. Mendoza was killed by 70-year-old Donald Sebastian, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder . The incident occurred in an apartment on Division Avenue and West 28th Street in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood.

Sebastian had been living with Mendoza and his girlfriend, Gabriella Miranda, for about a year after becoming homeless. According to Miranda, Seba ...
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  • cleveland: 70-year-old shoots man to death, takes his own life while holding child hostage in Cleveland apartment, police say
  • cleveland: 70-year-old Cleveland veteran killed man who took him in off the streets, family says
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