Leonel Melendez, a 38-year-old father, was shot in the head at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub on June 12 during a massacre that killed 49 people. Since then, his family has sat vigil, by his hospital bedside hoping for the best, his brother tells People. "He's still in the ICU but he's showing a lot of progress," David Melendez says. "It's still a waiting game. We just have to take it day-by-day." Leonel, an employee at Gucci in Orlando, was shot in the back of the head and on his thigh. When he arrived at the hospital he immediately had surgery on his thigh...
- 6/24/2016
- by Caitlin Keating, @caitkeating
- PEOPLE.com
Leonel Melendez, a 38-year-old father, was shot in the head at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub on June 12 during a mass shooting that killed 49 people. Since then, his family has sat vigil, by his hospital bedside hoping for the best, his brother tells People. "He's still in the ICU but he's showing a lot of progress," David Melendez says. "It's still a waiting game. We just have to take it day-by-day." Leonel, an employee at Gucci in Orlando, was shot in the back of the head and on his thigh. When he arrived at the hospital he immediately had surgery on his...
- 6/24/2016
- by Caitlin Keating, @caitkeating
- PEOPLE.com
Like so many others, Randy Lowe and Joshua Melendez have been grieving for the victims of the Orlando massacre, including two close friends who were among the 49 killed in the June 12 mass shooting. "We were just in shock," says Lowe, 54, about the June 12 attack that killed Melendez's close friends Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50, and Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35. "All of a sudden, there was this cloud of fear and uncertainty and disbelief," he says. Adds Melendez, who became close friends with Velazquez when he moved to the U.S. from Puerto Rico in 1997: "They were such loving, wonderful people.
- 6/24/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
imdb.1eye.us, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.