Juan Jose Barajas, a father of four, was killed Saturday in a drive-by shooting as he stood outside the Westlake apartment where he lived with his family. Police are seeking his killers, believed to be gang members.
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Barajas, 41, sat on the front steps talking with a neighbor. About 12:15 a.m., a gold-colored sedan drove by and someone inside opened fire. Bullets passed through the wrought iron fence surrounding the building, hitting Barajas in the chest.
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Barajas' mother, Josefina Vega, 66, was beside herself in her son's small apartment as she held onto family photos and wept.
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Well-wishers have gathered each night since Saturday to say the rosary on the patio behind the apartment building on Witmer Street where Barajas lived with his wife and four children.
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Father Jose Sanchez de Jesus held a Mass behind the Barajas home Monday evening. The priest grew up in the same town as Barajas' father in Mexico.
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Barajas' wife, Maricruz, holds her youngest daughter, Hailey, at the Mass. They are joined her two older children, Juan Jose III, 14, left, and Fatima, 17,
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Barajas' mother places red roses in front of a shrine for her son in the courtyard of the family's Westlake home.
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Barajas' brother, Jorge, center, mourns. Barajas was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Police do not believe he had gang ties.
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Candles mark the spot where Barajas was gunned down.
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