Joaquin Oliver was considered missing until the night of February 14th, due the gunshot wound to his head, though many students knew he'd been killed, police needed to identify him first as he was covered in blood and clumps of his hair and brain matter surrounded his body.
Joaquin held up a hand to shield his head when the Parkland shooter aimed at him, he didn't beg for his life according to students.
Joaquin was finally identified to his family, friends and girlfriend at eleven. Patricia, his mother, reportedly started screaming and howling in grief. It's unknown how his father and sister reacted but his girlfriend Tori nearly collapsed in her shock.
The next day, Joaquin's childhood best friend had started to text him before remembering he was dead.
Joaquin was buried in his favorite Dwayne Wade jersey, to which the basketball player cried when he heard of it and proceeded to write Joaquin on his shoes and dedicate the season to him.
Joaquin's favorite singer Frank Ocean would also send his love and support to his parents and even posted about him which made Tori cry as Joaquin would've been so excited.
Manuel Oliver decided to create a non profit organization known as Change the Ref, an activist company that uses art and protests to spread Joaquin's story and make the lives of the NRA hell
You can buy a shirt or donate directly to CTR, which they'll use to donate to other charities like Safe Schools for Alex or use to buy more stuff for their protests
Joaquin would've turned twenty four yesterday but because a nineteen year old got an AR-15, he's forever seventeen and died on Valentine's Day.
That's why I've started fighting for gun control.
Rest in peace Joaquin. We miss you 💔
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