'Shot twice in the heart': Man throws himself in front of fiancee after confrontation in McDonald's drive-thru leads to fatal shooting, family says

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Feliciano "Felix" Curiel

Inset: Feliciano "Felix" Curiel (GoFundMe). Background: McDonald's successful Los Angeles wherever Curiel was changeable to decease (Google Maps).

A 21-year-old California antheral allegedly killed different antheral and injured a pistillate successful a shooting astatine a McDonald's drive-thru successful Los Angeles.

Humberto Delgado stands accused of voluntary manslaughter successful the decease of 36-year-old Feliciano "Felix" Curiel, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Curiel's household explained successful a GoFundMe post however helium and his fiancee Kerin Gonzalez-Molina had spent the nighttime celebrating their engagement erstwhile they decided to halt astatine the East Hollywood McDonald's to drawback a wound to eat. While successful the drive-thru, Delgado accused the mates of hitting his car. The mates disputed his claim, saying their car had a sensor which would halt it from striking anything.

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"Where's the damage?" Curiel asked Delgado successful a video Gonzalez-Molina showed to The CW affiliate KTLA.

Delgado allegedly got retired of his car and started arguing with them earlier Curiel got betwixt his fiancee and the suspect.

"Felix threw himself successful beforehand of Kerin to support her. He was changeable doubly successful the bosom and died a leader astatine lone 36 years old," Curiel's household wrote.

Gonzalez-Molina was changeable successful the leg.

"He changeable me, too," she said successful the video. "What the f—?"

Paramedics rushed Curiel to the hospital, wherever helium died.

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According to Curiel's family, Delgado called cops astir an hr aboriginal to study the shooting and claimed self-defense.

"But however is this self-defense erstwhile determination was nary accident, nary weapon, and nary menace of violence?" the household wrote.

Cops arrested Delgado connected the voluntary manslaughter charge.

He's presently successful the Los Angeles County Jail connected a $100,000 bond.

Curiel's household members said they are raising funds to wage for the costs associated with burying him successful Mexico adjacent to his mother, who died from COVID.

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