Youth pastor Daniel Diaz, 33, was driving home from a church party with friends when he was shot and killed by an unidentified assailant in Pomona, Calif. The shooting occurred just hours after a peace and prayer rally was held by community leaders against gun violence.
Diaz, a youth minister at New Beginning Community Ministries Church in Baldwin Park, was much beloved in his community, who gathered on Tuesday night at a memorial vigil for him.
His mother tearfully said,
"To the person who did this, if I could see you face to face, I would
tell you that God loves you. And if you knew my son, my son would have
loved you."
His girlfriend, Denise Lugo, said, "Daniel was wonderful. I loved him very much. I’m just brokenhearted, right now. I hurt so bad.”