Victor Vasquez, one victim of the Thornton Walmart shooting, has a GoFundMe page made in his name.
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Pam Marques was identified by the Adams County Office of the Coroner as one of three victims killed in a shooting at a Walmart in Thornton, Colorado on Wednesday Nov. 1, 2017. Marques was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She was 52 years old.
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Carlos Moreno, a longtime employee at the Auraria Higher Education Center, was one of three killed in a shooting at a Thornton Walmart Tuesday night.
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Carlos Moreno, a longtime employee at the Auraria Higher Education Center, was one of three killed in a shooting at a Thornton Walmart Tuesday night.
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Victor Vasquez, one victim of the Thornton Walmart shooting, has a GoFundMe page made in his name.
A mother and champion of her girls’ softball team, a longtime Auraria campus staffer and a father of two, with a third child on the way, were fatally shot Wednesday inside a Thornton Walmart.
The three victims were identified Thursday as 52-year-old Pamela Marques of Denver, 66-year-old Carlos Moreno of Thornton and 26-year-old Victor Vasquez of Denver, according to the Adams County coroner’s office.
Moreno and Vaquez died , 9901 Grant St. Marques was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Moreno worked for the Auraria campus for 18 years in structural trades, focusing on general maintenance and repair, said Blaine Nickeson, chief of staff for the campus.
“He was well-known, friendly, always willing to help,” Nickeson said. “Lots of people on campus could rely on him and knew he was someone that could take care of them. He leaves a big hole.”
Moreno was a “stand-up guy,” he said, adding that he cared deeply about his work and helping students, staffers and faculty members on campus.
The facilities department, where Moreno worked, is in shock, Nickeson said. He said employees are trying to continue normal operations but are struggling with the loss.
Friends of page to help his fiancee, mother and children with funeral costs and immediate needs. As of 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 310 people had pledged $14,605 toward a goal of $25,000.
Vasquez was a father of two girls and had another child on the way.
“I am so sorry for your loss. Praying for you and your family,” Wendy Parker said on the GoFundMe page. Parker said she knew Vasquez from the East Point Christian Center in Escondido, Calif. She added, “My heart breaks for you.”
Marques attended Pueblo County High School and graduated from Adams City High School in 1983, according to her Facebook page.
“I love my daughter and my twins,” she said on Facebook. Marques enjoyed fishing and gambling. She helped raise money for her girls’ Crush fast-pitch softball team.
People had posted on Marques’ Facebook wall to express their sympathy, saying she was loved. Commenters added that they will be there to help Marques’ sister and mother.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and everyone touched by this incident,” Gov. John Hickenlooper said in a statement Thursday. “We thank the first responders whose actions restored calm and are helping the community recover.”
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The Fobb family Angelique 13, Jason Fobb, Destiney 9, Marlena Fobb. Marlena Fobb is hugged by her daughter Destiney 9, as she tells her story of being in the check-out line with her husband Jason next to a man that was shot and killed in the shooting at Walmart in Thornton. "He saved my life, she said, talking of her husband, If he hadn't of threw me to the ground we were gone."
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Rochelle Ginsner holds her daughter Danielle Carey, 16, an employee, after they were released from the parking lot at Walmart after a shooting at the store on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Walmart employees and customers head away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Darlene Jackson sits on an overturned shopping cart as she and fellow shoppers and employees gather outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Employees Jose Delgado and Alexandra Adams stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police at shooting in Walmart on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Witnesses walk from a bus to Thornton Civic Center after two men were killed during a shooting inside the Walmart Super Center iNovember 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Family and friends wait on a hill to hear word from their loved ones as emergency crews and police patrol the grounds of the Walmart after a shooting at the store on Nov. 1, 2017
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A father and son, who were customers inside Walmart, are escorted out of the parking lot and away from the scene of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Employees gather together outside away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on November 1, 2017 in Thornton, Colorado. Two people were killed and one taken to the hospital after a shooting that started just around 6:00pm.
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Police officers help a disabled man leave the parking lot outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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A Thornton police officer gives instructions to people as they stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Walmart employees and customers that were inside the store wait to hear what to do from police as they stand behind police tape outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Walmart employees and customers head away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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A Thornton police officer watches as people are instructed to leave the parking lot after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton.
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People stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Employees exit the parking lot after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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People stand outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Employees and shoppers are released from a holding area in the Walmart lot. Emergency crews and police on the grounds of the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017 during a shooting.
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A man in a Rascal is helped out of the parking lot as shoppers and employees gather outside after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton.
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Bystanders on a hill at 98th and Grant across the street from a shooting investigation at a Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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People are escorted out after a gunman opened fire near the Halloween section of Walmart at 99th and Grant Street in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Onlookers watch police activity at the scene of a shooting inside the Walmart at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at the Walmart Super Center in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017.
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A young girl walks through the parking lot away from the scene outside of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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A father and his scared daughter, who were customers inside Walmart, are escorted out of the parking lot and away from the scene of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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THORNTON, CO - OCTOBER 1 - A father and his scared daughter, who were customers inside Walmart, are escorted out of the parking lot and away from the scene of the Walmart store where a shooting occurred on November 1, 2017 in Thornton, Colorado. Two people were killed and one taken to the hospital after a shooting that started just around 6:00pm.
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Adams County Sheriff on the grounds of the Walmart in Thornton on Nov. 1, 2017 talking to witnesses after a shooting inside the store.
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People are taken away from the Walmart on a bus on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton after a shooting inside the store.
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Police guard the front entrance to Walmart where a shooting occurred inside the store at 9901 Grant Street on Nov. 1, 2017 in Thornton.
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The Fobb family Angelique 13, Jason Fobb, Destiney 9, Marlena Fobb. Marlena Fobb is hugged by her daughter Destiney 9, as she tells her story of being in the check-out line with her husband Jason next to a man that was shot and killed in the shooting at Walmart in Thornton. "He saved my life, she said, talking of her husband, If he hadn't of threw me to the ground we were gone."
