Mario Fierro’s family appreciates outpouring of community support
For those who knew Mario, it s hard to believe a man so full of life is suddenly gone forever. Author: Steve Price (Reporter) Updated: 6:45 PM PST February 3, 2021
SAN DIEGO The memorial to Mario Fierro continues to grow near the spot in North Park where he was shot and killed Monday morning. It s filled with the traditional items of flowers and candles, and also special tributes - like a Cathedral Catholic championship ring, a handwritten note from a student, and a football jersey from players who dearly loved him.
A group of students, many of them athletes who played on Fierro’s team, gathered by the memorial with arms around each other and sang the song, Lean on Me. It s a song that perfectly fits what Fierro meant to so many. The Cathedral Catholic teacher and coach was always a rock for students to lean on during tough times. “Mario was a great coach, mentor, teacher,
According to the Diocese of San Diego, Fierro was deeply rooted in the Catholic school system in San Diego. He graduated from University High School in 2002, the predecessor to CCHS.
Fierro returned to CCHS in 2016 – but this time, as a social science teacher. Fierro also helped coach the CCHS football team and served as the athletic director at Notre Dame Academy, a feeder school to CCHS, the Diocese of San Diego said.
Fierro was beloved by his students and players.
“He really inspired me and that’s part of the reason I wanted to be a history major in college,” one of Fierro’s students told NBC 7 earlier this week. “He definitely taught me some of the most valuable things I know as a teacher and a mentor, and I will be forever grateful.”
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A jilted boyfriend who felt “betrayed” by his ex-girlfriend allegedly killed her fiancé.
Murder suspect Jesse Alvarez was arrested Monday night in San Diego, reported TV station KFMB.
Police claim Alvarez, 30, mortally shot teacher Mario Fierro while he was leaving his home Monday morning in what is believed to be a nonrandom attack.
The victim died at the scene.
Fierro, a social science instructor and and football coach at Cathedral Catholic High School, reportedly recently became engaged to a fellow teacher at Cathedral Catholic.
Court records show that Alvarez dated that teacher, who has not been identified, for over three years before she dissolved the relationship in 2019 due to a “pattern of control, manipulation and emotional abuse which increased over time.”