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Brandon Michael Lopez

Case from Livingston, TX dated Jul 23, 2016

Victim Details

Brandon Michael Lopez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Livingston

TX

2016-07-23

19

Brandon

Michael Lopez

06/22/2026

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Brandon Michael Lopez, a 19-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity from Beaumont, Texas, tragically passed away on July 23, 2016, in Livingston, Texas. Lopez was born on January 17, 1997, to Arthur and Melissa Lopez in Austin, Texas. He was a 2015 graduate of Westbrook High School.

The cause of Brandon Lopez's death was a single gunshot wound to the right armpit/chest area. According to reports, Lopez and Samuel Jacobe Gotreaux, also 19 years old and from Beaumont, got into an argument at th ...
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  • Argument leads to shotgun death, murder arrest in Polk County
  • Brandon Michael Lopez, age 19 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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