Oscar Ambiorix Aracena-Montero, 26, of Orlando, Florida, was killed on June 12, 2016, in the mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub. He was at the club with his partner, Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, who also died in the attack. The couple had recently returned from a vacation, lived together with their Chihuahuas, and had just purchased a home.

Born in the Dominican Republic, Oscar had moved to the United States nearly a decade earlier. He lived with his father in Tampa before relocating to Kissimmee, worked as a manager at a McDonald’s in Orlando, and was studying business management at Ana G. Méndez University. Friends and family remembered him for his positive attitude and strong work ethic and said he hoped to bring his mother to Florida.

The shooter, Omar Mateen, was killed by police at the scene; investigators treated the attack as both a hate crime and an act of terrorism after Mateen expressed allegiance to the Islamic State and had scouted other locations before targeting Pulse on its Latin Night. Families of victims, including Oscar’s, pursued lawsuits related to security screening and other issues after the massacre.

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