Final Goodbye video for Erik Sarmiento SidewaysKing of Denver Colorado, murdered by gang members!
Erik Sarmiento Rodriguez was killed in a parking lot in October.
"He was so passionate about what he did. He would build a truck from the ground up and then he would sell it and start all over again," his friend Andrea Montoya said. "His brother actually still drives his truck to this day."
According to Montoya, Rodriguez was one of two people killed in a shooting off East 62nd Avenue and Vasquez Boulevard in Commerce City on Oct. 27.
According to Commerce City police, a person of interest was identified shortly after the shooting, but police determined he had minimal involvement in the shooting.
Rodriguez loved being around trucks. He often would rebuild them from the ground up and try to inspire others to get involved in the industry.
"He's actually the reason I'm choosing the mechanic kind of career because I got so into it after I met him," Montoya said. "He would never stop doing what he loved. Even when things would get hard, like life would go downhill for him, he would never stop."
Rodriguez may no longer be on the road, but Montoya hopes new attention to the case will drive in more leads.
"There has to be someone that saw something, so I just want people to come forward with it," she said.
This is a news article posted after the incident where Erik had his life tooken away leaving his parents and family sad for the eternity of their lifes here on earth.
During the proceeding of this funeral this also occured to the family
A mother in Denver grieving the loss of her son killed in a shooting was the target of thieves who broke into her home while she visited his grave.
“We went to the cemetery to visit my son’s grave,” said Maria Rodriguez, whose son, Erik Sarmiento Rodriguez, was killed in October.
“When we came back home, we found everything inside destroyed. We didn’t know what happened,” Rodriguez said.
“They took some watches I had on my dresser, rings, a bracelet that used to belong to my son,” Rodriguez added.
“It was between $14,000 and $15,000. My sister alone donated $8,000,” Rodriguez said.
Denver Police are investigating the home burglary and have said so far they know an unidentified suspect forcibly entered the home and took these items.
“It feels like an insult to what we’re already going through,” Rodriguez said.
She said mostly jewelry was missing, but something else was gone - something that offered support after her son’s death: “all the money that had been donated to us after my son’s death to pay for his funeral,” Rodriguez said.
Funds from a plate sale and personal donations that were collected was all gone.
This is a horrible tragedy that shouldn't have happened to the Samiento Rodriguez family.
12 мар 2023
