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Gabriel Dino Mendoza

Case from Minneapolis, MN dated Oct 16, 2022

Victim Details

Gabriel “Dino” Mendoza

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Minneapolis

MN

2022-10-16

23

Gabriel

Dino Mendoza

06/26/2026

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Gabriel “Dino” Mendoza, a 23-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was working a Sunday night security shift at Fire House Uptown in Minneapolis on October 16, 2022, when violence broke the weekend rhythm. Around 11:45 p.m., police were called to the bar and restaurant at Lagoon and Fremont avenues. Officers found Mendoza in the back of the business with a life-threatening gunshot wound; he died before medics could reach him. Family members later said he had been trying to protect others when he was ...
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