Larry Santiago Jr, 26, of Ludlow, Massachusetts, was shot and killed on March 13, 2016, while sitting in his SUV outside the Open Door Cafe in Ludlow at about 12:44 a.m. The shooting reportedly followed an argument among friends who had been celebrating a mutual friend’s birthday. Witnesses said Santiago and 22-year-old Jorge Concepcion-Pesquera of Springfield knew each other and that the dispute began after Santiago asked Concepcion-Pesquera to get out of his car.

Concepcion-Pesquera allegedly fired 13 shots into the vehicle; Santiago died of a gunshot wound to the chest. Concepcion-Pesquera was arrested and charged with murder; a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and he was sentenced to life with parole possible after 25 years.

Santiago was remembered as a father to two children.