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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