They killed you out of hate for the freedom to be who you are and it makes me hurt inside because if there was anyone who always had a smile, who helped me, who was caring with me, my music and my madnesses, it was you. because then I would be part of the vicious circle of judge and jury. 'I'm trying not to fall pray to hate, at the person who killed you, at the gringos, at Trump, at the terrorists. After his death was confirmed, his niece Kendra Santana posted: 'My heart is in the greatest pain, I feel numb to have lost you, this hurts my soul.'Īnother family member Mahya Veray posted a heartbreaking tribute where she said: 'What happened in Orlando affects all of us because it is an act of hate against the freedom to be who you are.
He worked at Forever 21 as a visual merchandizer and studied at Inter American University of Puerto Rico.Īfter the shooting, relatives flooded social media with appeals to find Dejesus. This post will update as we receive more information.ĭejesus lived in Orlando, Florida, and was originally from San Juan in Puerto Rico. By Sunday afternoon, the city of Orlando, Florida, began to release the names of the victims on its website.