Loved ones are devastated after a Southern California man was shot and killed while visiting Mexico.
Isaac Lopez, 23, traveled to Ensenada for the weekend to visit his grandmother and attend his sister’s vow renewal celebration.
Lopez, an aspiring singer-songwriter living in Riverside, was excited to reunite with family members during the short trip. He brought his boyfriend, Jake, and his cousin, Darlene, on the trip as well.
Early morning on Oct. 7, they began the drive back home to SoCal. Lopez hoped to get some rest before going back to work later that day. As they reached the town of Rosarito, however, the unthinkable happened.
Lopez’s sister, Karen Lajud, remembers the morning she received the devastating phone call from Jake.
“They were like 30 minutes into driving and Jake said that he heard a pop and he looked over at Isaac,” Lajud told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson. “Isaac was driving and he saw Isaac’s head immediately just went down and he grabbed the steering wheel.”
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Isaac Lopez is seen in a photo provided by family. -
Isaac Lopez is seen in a photo provided by family. -
Isaac Lopez and his sister, Karen Lajud, are seen in a photo provided by family. -
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Vehicles drive along a highway next to the border wall that separates the U.S. and Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (David Maung/Bloomberg via Getty Images) -
Isaac Lopez is seen in a photo provided by family.ily. -
Isaac Lopez is seen in a photo provided by family. -
Isaac Lopez and a loved one are seen in a photo provided by family. -
Vehicles drive along a highway next to the border wall that separates the U.S. and Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (David Maung/Bloomberg via Getty Images) -
Vehicles stand in early morning traffic at the San Ysidro Port of Entry for the U.S. and Mexico border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (David Maung/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
