Juan Ramon Trespalacios, 38, was one of eight people fatally shot on August 20, 1982, at Bob Moore’s Welding and Machine Service in Miami, Florida. Trespalacios had recently immigrated from Cuba, where he had been a political prisoner, and was working there as a machinist when the attack occurred. The shooter, Carl Robert Brown, used a recently purchased riot and combat shotgun and also wounded three others before being shot and killed by two witnesses while attempting to flee on a bicycle.

Trespalacios’ surviving spouse, Magda Caridad Romeu Hernandez, and their minor children later brought a civil suit against the firearm seller, distributor, and manufacturer, arguing negligence and strict product liability in Trespalacios v. Valor Corp. Of Florida. The case arose from the role the weapon played in the mass shooting and the resulting deaths.

Does anyone have personal recollections of Trespalacios, his family, or the welding shop from that time?