Pulse nightclub shooting victims remembered: DeLand Pride holding memorial on 7-year anniversary

Katie Kustura, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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Seven years ago, 49 innocent people were murdered at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando.

Like LGBTQ+ organizations across the country, DeLand Pride will be memorializing the lives that were lost.

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When and where will the memorial be conducted?

Tonight at 6 p.m. at the corner of New York Avenue and Woodland Boulevard in downtown DeLand.

What will be taking place?

Members of the nonprofit DeLand Pride will read the names of those who were killed on June 12, 2016.

Attendees are encouraged to bring Pride flags.

Who were the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting?

  • Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21

  • Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25

  • Antonio Davon Brown, 29

  • Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28

  • Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24

  • Jean C. Nieves Rodriguez, 27

  • Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32

  • Paul Terrell Henry, 41

  • Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24

  • Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24

  • Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25

  • Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25

  • Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37

  • Miguel Angel Honorato, 30

  • Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25

  • Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26

  • Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31

  • Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25

  • Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26

  • Akyra Murray, 18

  • Frank Hernandez, 27

  • Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19

  • Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25

  • Luis Daniel Conde, 39

  • Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33

  • Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32

  • Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22

  • Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49

  • Cory James Connell, 21

  • Jerald Arthur Wright, 31

  • Martin Benitez Torres, 33

  • Amanda Alvear, 25

  • Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37

  • Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35

  • Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, 25

  • Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32

  • Darryl Roman Burt II, 29

  • Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30

  • Kimberly Morris, 37

  • Luis S. Vielma, 22

  • Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22

  • Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36

  • Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20

  • Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33

  • Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40

  • Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35

  • Stanley Almodovar III, 23

  • Franky Jimmy DeJesus Velazquez, 50

  • Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Pulse nightclub shooting victims remembered 7 years later by LGBTQ+ groups