At Rest

Deadly force
Pedro Alberto Vargas fatally shot six people inside his Hialeah apartment complex and then took two people hostage for about three hours. Armed with a handgun, Vargas fired shots at police throughout the incident. After negotiations reportedly broke down, a SWAT team entered the building and fatally shot Vargas after a brief shootout; the two hostages escaped unharmed.
This record exists so that Pedro Alberto Vargas, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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