Daniel Garcia.Photo:gofundme
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Ana Piedra, Daniel’s wife, said in a post onGoFundMethat her husband was “the sole provider for our family” and was “ was very happy to finally be able to work and bring home income” as an Uber driver after having injured his knee at his previous job, requiring surgery in April.“He sadly passed,” Piedra said, providing an update after she says doctors told her family Daniel had no chance of surviving the shooting.
Phoebe Copas.El Paso Police Departmen
El Paso Police Departmen
Copas, who is from Kentucky, was in Texas visiting her boyfriend, according to localKFOX14. She called an Uber to take her to visit her boyfriend at a local casino after he got off work. But Copas then allegedly became worried when she saw highway signs for “Juarez, Mexico,” according to police.
“The investigation does not support that a kidnapping took place or that Piedra was veering from Copas’ destination,” police said.
It’s not immediately clear if Copas has entered a plea or retained an attorney to comment on her behalf.
“It was just shocking, hard to believe, a lot of us had seen the news but we never even imagined, it never crossed our mind that it was going to be him,” Piedra’s niece Didi Lopez told local CBS4.
Lopez believes stereotypes about the border and its safety led to Copas allegedly assuming she was in danger.
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“They make assumptions, they see stuff maybe on the news, maybe on social media, and stuff that’s not necessarily true and when they come here they come without really knowing,” Lopez told the outlet.
Lopez said her uncle doesn’t have children, but was a godparent to many.“I miss him and I wish this wouldn’t have happened to him,” she said. “He didn’t deserve that, no one deserves that.”
source: people.com
