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Carlos Valdez

Case from Tucson, AZ dated Jul 08, 2021

Victim Details

Carlos Valdez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Tucson

AZ

2021-07-08

19

Carlos

Valdez

06/20/2026

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In the warm evening of early July 2021, a dispute in a convenience store parking lot in Tucson, Arizona, tragically cut short the life of 19-year-old Carlos Francisco Valdez. The young man, a male, was at a Quik Mart on South Park Avenue on the night of Thursday, July 8th, when an argument broke out between him and a group of other individuals. The verbal confrontation escalated with startling speed, culminating in gunfire.

First responders arrived at the scene to find Valdez suffering fr ...
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  • KGUN: TPD: Man shot, killed during altercation in parking lot on South Park Avenue
  • https://www.kold.com: Teen dies following shooting on south side
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