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Mario Alvarez

Case from San Diego, CA dated Apr 14, 2004

Victim Details

Mario Alvarez

November 15, 2022

Male

Hispanic / Latino

San Diego

CA

2004-04-14

41

Mario

Alvarez

07/27/2026


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On April 14, 2004, Mario Alvarez, a 41-year-old resident of San Diego, was fatally shot in front of his home on Cottonwood Drive while fixing his nephew's bicycle. Earlier in the day, Alvarez had intervened to help his next-door neighbor during a confrontation between a man in a car and a woman who appeared to be in distress in an alley behind the neighbor's apartment. The man left the scene after the confrontation, but later returned with another individual in the car.

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