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Victor Vasquez

Case from Thornton, CO dated Nov 01, 2017

Victim Details

Victor Vasquez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Thornton

CO

2017-11-01

26

Victor

Vasquez

07/20/2026

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On an otherwise ordinary evening of November 1, 2017, the life of 26-year-old Victor Vasquez of Denver was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence. He was inside a Walmart Supercenter in Thornton, a suburb of Denver, when a man walked in and began shooting randomly at shoppers. The gunman, later identified as 47-year-old Scott Allen Ostrem, created mass chaos as people scrambled for safety. Vasquez was one of three people killed in the attack; he and another victim, Carlos Moreno, 66 ...
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  • Thornton shooting - Wikipedia
  • Colorado Springs Gazette: Suspect identified in Colorado Walmart shooting that killed three
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