Family and friends are heartbroken after an innocent bystander was shot and killed at an Anaheim Cinco de Mayo festival on Sunday, as they mourn the loss of a man who worked hard to help his loved ones.
"Let's say, for example, if I didn’t have to eat, and he would have one plate, he would give me his plate," Soto said.The 36-year-old was just ending a fun night with friend Noe Avila and his family, at the festival in La Palma Park. As they were leaving, Avila said, they heard gunshots.
Avila says, and police confirm, that Gracian was an innocent bystander, struck by gunfire after a group of nearby teens got in a fight.Gildardo Parrales Gracian, 36, was the life of the party, and went out of his way to help those he cared about. On Sunday, he was shot and killed at an Anaheim Cinco de Mayo festival, when teenagers nearby got in an argument and one of them pulled out a gun.
His family says Gracian was the eldest of several children. He moved to the U.S. seventeen years ago, and found work as a welder. His brother says he always sent money back home to Mexico. Gracian had plans to return home to Mexico later this year. He had just finished building a house there for himself and his family, whom he hadn't seen since he left Mexico nearly two decades ago.
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