Javier Amir Rodriguez was a 15-year-old Hispanic male killed on August 3, 2019, during the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. He was the youngest of the 23 people who died when the attacker targeted the store; 22 other people were injured in the attack. The shooter, identified as Patrick Crusius, drove from his home in Allen, Texas, to El Paso and purportedly expressed a racist motive in a manifesto posted online, citing the Great Replacement conspiracy theory and targeting Hispanic people.

Crusius was charged with multiple counts related to the attack, including hate crimes resulting in death and the use of a firearm to commit murder. He pleaded guilty to those charges and received life in prison without the possibility of parole. At sentencing, family members of victims confronted the defendant; Javier’s father, Francisco Javier Rodriguez, spoke about the loss, wore a T-shirt with Javier’s photo, and brought his son’s ashes to court.