Rolando Rodriguez The first issue of Rolando Rodriguez’s zine of protest photograph sketches, Protest Season. To culminate the celebration of Latinx Heritage Month-also called Hispanic Heritage Month, though that is far less inclusive of what it means to be Latinx-which began September 15 and ends October 15, we’re highlighting five Latinx artists bringing voice to the social justice movements of our time and how identity blends with their work. In a culturally rich and diverse but segregated city, Latinx artivism shows there is power in community, especially in the midst of a pandemic that disproportionately hits Black and Brown Chicagoans the worst. The Latinx community, which has a long history of “artivism,” has brought power to racial struggles for decades and helped unite Chicago and capture the fervent energy this summer.
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Saturday night and found Joshua, who they described as a black male in his 20s, lying in the parking lot with a gunshot wound. Shortly thereafter the witness said he heard a shot and saw Joshua fall to the ground in the parking lot.Īccording to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, they responded to a call about the shooting at about 7:30 p.m. Orange County Sheriff's Office August 2, 2020Īccording to the affidavit, “At that time, saw the unidentified white male arm himself with a handgun, enter the driver’s seat of the white truck, lower the window, and overheard him state, ‘You got two seconds before I shoot you.'” Detectives arrested Kelvis Rodriguez-Tormes, 37, on charges of 1st Degree Murder, Destruction of Evidence & Possession of Firearm by Felon /gIVJeFGGGR Colonial Dr., where he just started working. Last night, Desmond Joshua, 22, was shot and killed in the parking lot at the Burger King on E. into a headlock and began to choke him.”Ī witness stepped in and broke up the fight, but it wasn’t over.Ī Witness Told Police Rodriguez-Tormes Said, ‘You Got 2 Seconds Before I Shoot You’ The arrest report says witnesses and a video show “the male placed Desmond Joshua, Jr. The man was later identified as the accused shooter, 37-year-old Kelvis Rodriguez-Tormes.īy now, cell phones were out and a video captured some of what happened. That truck was driven by a white man who “demanded to fight” Joshua. According to the arrest report, Mason parked the black sedan she was driving and sat in the parking lot for about five minutes, then left and came back along with a white truck only a couple of minutes later. The witness said Mason got out of her car, yelling and making a threat to bring “her man” to the Burger King.Īt that point, management refunded her money and told her to leave. was working that night was backed up, and Mason was especially “irate” about it. A witness told police that the drive-thru where Desmond Joshua Jr. However, the accused shooter wasn’t even the person inconvenienced by the long wait time.Īccording to the arrest affidavit, a woman named Ashley Mason was waiting for food in the drive-thru line at the fast-food restaurant. The reason: a dispute about the food taking too long. Kelvis Rodriguez-Tormes is accused of killing an Orlando Burger King employee after a dispute over a long wait time.Ī 22-year-old man is dead after being shot to death at an Orlando Burger King three days after he started his new job there.
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