CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) – A Cleveland family is facing an awful reality, knowing a baby will have to grow up without his dad, after a 19-year-old father-to-be was shot and killed on his birthday.
Juaquim Torres, 19, was shot and killed around 7:10 p.m. Friday while walking home to celebrate his birthday in Cleveland. He was left to die on a sidewalk, WOIO reports.
Family and close friends of Torres, who was also called Jack, gathered Sunday at a memorial set up at the spot where he took his last breath. They say the 19-year-old had his entire life ahead of him and a baby on the way. Now, instead of celebrating his birthday, they are forced to plan his funeral.
Through tear-filled eyes, Torres’ grandmother, Edith Ellis, said he was her heart…