Pictured, Jose Santa Cruz Las Vegas teacher and teen, Zyonn Dawson.
Jose Santa Cruz Las Vegas special ed teacher shot dead confronting Zyonn Dawson teen spraying graffiti. Was always there for his students.
A special education teacher has been shot dead after confronting a teenager spraying graffiti on a storefront in
Jose Santa Cruz, 32, taught students at
Cortez Elementary School when he wasn’t working at two local businesses he owned both located within a block of where he was shot, records show.
On the day of the shooting, January 7, Cruz had just finished help his father park a taco truck on East Charleston Boulevard. From there, the 32 year old man proceeded to make his way towards a nearby
Beloved special ed teacher, 32, who moved mountains for his students is shot dead after confronting teenager spraying graffiti on a storefront in Vegas
Jose Santa Cruz, 32, was shot dead near a parking lot in East Las Vegas on January 7; Zyonn Dawson, 18, has since been arrested and charged with murder
Police believe Santa Cruz approached Dawson and asked him to stop spraying graffiti on the wall of a business
Santa Cruz owned two stores on the block where the shooting took place and was said to be protective about his properties
Dawson allegedly told police that he thought Santa Cruz was trying to rob him so he pulled out his gun and fired five times