Enrique L. Boobie Rios Jr. was 25 and from Brooklyn when he was killed on June 12, 2016, in the Pulse nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. He had been in Orlando to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Rios was a social work student at St. Francis College and worked as a coordinator at True Care Home Health Care; family and friends remembered him as caring and dedicated to helping others.

The shooter, Omar Mateen, opened fire inside Pulse, killing 49 people and wounding many others; Mateen was later killed by police. Reports say Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS during the attack, and the incident was classified as both a terrorist attack and a hate crime because the violence targeted the LGBTQ+ community. No other arrests were reported related to the shooting.

If anyone knew Enrique, his time at St. Francis College, or his work at True Care Home Health Care, please share what you remember.