It was a sad day for friends and family members of Patricio Simono who would have been preparing to celebrate his 65th birthday Monday.
Instead, loved ones said their last goodbyes to the family man at a funeral service at the Memorial Plan San Jose funeral home on East Avenue in Hialeah.
Simono is the last of six victims to be laid to rest following a shooting spree at a Hialeah apartment complex just over a week ago. Simono was sitting at home with his family on July 26 when his upstairs neighbor Pedro Vargas stormed into his apartment, shooting and killing him.
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Simono's wife Merly Niebles, 51, and her 17-year-old daughter Priscilla Perez were also killed.
Police said Vargas, who was ultimately killed by a SWAT team after an eight-hour standoff that involved two hostages, might have taken his motive to the grave.
Simono will be laid to rest Monday morning at Dade South Memorial Park on his birthday.
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