Amos Matthew Ortiz, a 21-year-old Hispanic man, was shot multiple times on July 16, 2015, in the parking lot of the Meadowwood Condominiums off Curry Ford Road in Orlando, Florida. He was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center but died of his injuries. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire and seeing Ortiz in the parking lot before police arrived. Ortiz had been homeless and moved between homes frequently; he was accompanied that night by his dog, a pit bull mix, which was also shot but survived.

Ortiz’s family remembered him as friendly and resilient; his grandmother Rosa Ocasio noted he had survived a severe car accident and a prior brutal beating. Friends said Ortiz had been trying to stabilize his life, including plans with a friend to start a pressure washing business. A 19-year-old, Jean Carlos Rodriguez-Mercado, turned himself in and was charged with first-degree murder with a firearm and aggravated animal cruelty, and the Orlando Police Department is investigating.

If anyone has information about what happened that night at Meadowwood Condominiums, please come forward.