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Hector Martinez

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated May 23, 2015

Victim Details

Hector Martinez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Phoenix

AZ

2015-05-23

62

Hector

Martinez

07/24/2026

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Hector Martinez, a 62-year-old Hispanic / Latino man, was fatally shot on May 23, 2015, inside a home in Phoenix, Arizona, in the neighborhood around 83rd Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road. Public records of his death describe it as a homicide by gunfire, and online memorials created in his name emphasize that he was “lost to gun violence” on that date, placing him among dozens of people killed with firearms across the United States that same day.

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  • Hector Martinez - National Gun Violence Memorial
  • Hector Martinez Obituary 2015 - Joe Jackson Funeral Home
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