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Alvin Barroso 1970 - 1994

Alvin Barroso was born on March 9, 1970 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida United States, and died at age 23 years old on March 7, 1994 in Dade. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alvin Barroso.

Alvin Barroso

March 9, 1970

Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States

March 7, 1994

Dade, FL

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Alvin lived and died in the state of Florida and attended St Brendan High School in Miami. He had a twin brother, Alex, and they both attended the University of Miami and were building as business together (American Investment). Alvin was shot by a policeman in a Miami office building because the beat cops didn't know that Alvin was in the office legally. Three shots were fired and one hit Alvin in the head, killing him. A couple of days before the incident, the office had been burglarized and the detective who investigated the burglary neglected to inform the beat cops that the office would be occupied by Alvin overnight as he was working at his business. According to a newspaper account of the incident: "For reasons known to no one now, Alvin Barroso left his shoes behind, opened the office door, stepped into the hallway carrying his .38-caliber revolver and was shot by Losada (the officer) - for reasons known only to Losada. The officer's lawyer advised him not to give homicide detectives a complete, formal statement of what happened." See Honor student killed in Gables office for more details.
03/9

1970

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March 9, 1970

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Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Alvin was Hispanic.
Nationality & Locations

Alvin was born in Florida and lived his whole life in Florida. He was a US citizen.
Early Life & Education

He attended St. Brendan High School in Miami Florida. Alvin was a senior at the University of Miami when he was killed.
Professional Career

Alvin was building a business called American Investment with his twin brother while simultaneously attending the University of Miami. He was a senior when he was killed.
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1994

Death

March 7, 1994

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Shot by police

Cause of death

Dade, FL
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Alvin Barroso in the 1986 yearbook of St Brendan High School in Miami Florida. It was his sophomore year.

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Daniel Pinna

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07/05/2022

Honor student killed in Gables office

The following appeared in The Miami Hurricane - the University of Miami in Coral Gables Florida newspaper - on Friday March 11th 1994 and was written by Darin Klahr:

Alvin Barroso, a University of Miami senior, was buried under a mahogany tree Wednesday, on what would have been his 24th birthday. Barroso was killed early Monday morning when police officer Carlos Losada, a one-year veteran of the Coral Gables Police Department, fatally shot Barroso nine feet from his office door at 4:23 a.m. on the second floor of a Coral Gables office building. Shot in the head, he died later that morning at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Barroso would have graduated from UM's College of Arts and Sciences in May with a degree in politics. He was on the Provost's Honor Roll and Dean's List for the fall 1993 semester. He had also been a member of the Golden Key Honor Society and he was preparing for entrance exams into law school.

"I've lost my twin brother and we're burying him on his birthday," Alex Barroso, Alvin's identical twin brother, said Tuesday at his Kendall home. "It's something I'm going to have to live with for the rest of my life." "Monday was the darkest day of all our family's lives," he said.

Alex and Alvin Barroso owned American Investments, a real estate research service for lawyers and title companies. The company's office is located on the second floor of the Red Sunset Building 6915 Red Road. Sgt. Gary Smith, the case's chief investigator for the Metro-Dad Homicide Bureau, said the Barroso had asked police for a watch order after a reported burglary Saturday morning. He said Losada and Coral Gables Officer Raul Pedrosa checked on the office Monday morning. Barroso spent the night there but Smith would not say if the officers were aware Barroso was there.

Losada was placed on administrative leave with pay, pending the investigation, by Coral Gables Police. Alex Barroso said that Alvin was studying for an exam at the office Sunday night, as he often did. "He was a very nice young man, he was making straight A's in my course - he was a great student," UM Lecturer Debra Cohen said Wednesday. Cohen taught Barroso in a Business Law 212 course. "It's a devastating loss when someone's life, so young, has ended abruptly." UM sophomore Jennifer Spiegel, a neighbor of the Barrosos, said. "He had an incredible future ahead of him. He will be missed."

Smith said Losago and Pedrosa checked on the office, and that a "confrontation" between Losado and Barroso ensued, resulting in the shooting. Smith said he could not comment further on the ongoing investigation, refusing to say if Pedrosa was present at the time. He said an inquest would be held three to nine months from now. At that time, a judge would decide whether a crim was committed and whether Losado will be charged.

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Alvin Barroso 1970 - 1994

Alvin Barroso's History: 1970 - 1994

Introduction

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Ethnicity & Family History

Nationality & Locations

Early Life & Education

Professional Career

Death

2 Memories, Stories & Photos about Alvin

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