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Angel Louis Candelario-Padro was 28 when he was killed on June 12, 2016, in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. A Puerto Rican native who had recently moved to Orlando from Chicago, he worked as an ophthalmic technician at the Florida Retina Institute and was due to start a new job on June 20, 2016. He was at Pulse on Latin Night with his boyfriend and friends when the gunman opened fire.

The attack killed 49 people and wounded many others; the shooter, Omar Mateen, was killed by police during the standoff. Investigators later determined Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS during the assault, and the event was classified as both a terrorist act and a hate crime. Candelario-Padro is remembered for his kindness, love of fitness and dancing, and the new relationship he had recently found.

Did anyone who knew Angel, his work, or his circle in Orlando remember him from that night or have information to share?