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Slain Jack in the Box worker's family facing holidays without him

Family of Jack in the Box worker shot and killed say the loss of their loved one is too much to bear.

12 News

1 year ago

a family of a fast food worker shot and killed at a drive-through window is devastated tonight nineteen-year-old Jorge Valenzuela Ramirez was working at a phoenix Jack in the Box when his life was cut short team 12's Jade Cunningham spoke to the family now facing the holidays without him the days leading up to Christmas are usually filled with joy he's very loud very goofy very funny but this year for Mercedes Ramirez I I just really have no words they're filled with tremendous grief my entire f
amily is just full of grief and just sadness missing him there's a hole in our family now on December 8th her brother 19 year old Jorge Valenzuela Ramirez and his girlfriend were working at the Jack In The Box at 19th Avenue and Bell Road just after 10 p.m police say 29 year old Christopher Candia shot both of them killing Ramirez it's believed the shooting stemmed from an earlier fight between Ramirez's girlfriend and another employee just disbelief that everything that was happening was real a
nd that everything that was happening was happening to my family the only boy of the family it's kind of like the glue of our siblings Ramirez loved his sisters making people laugh very bright spirited and food he was doing what he loved exactly he was doing what he liked to do the joy he brought his family though taken away you really can't move forward and like forget about something like this or I don't know how my family will move forward from now on and as they try to understand they say th
ey will always have the memories reminders of what was and what could have been Jay Cunningham 12 News

Comments

@Caroline-iq5rh

I'm so sad for this family 😢. There are just no words that can heal the heartache. You are in my thoughts and prayers. God bless.

@12NewsAZ

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@mparker635

This is not right

@bneyez

reporter was disrespectful... nobody wants to work doin fast food.

@Tess1984

So heartbreaking 😢 Taken far too young... RIP