Killing of Rigoberto Alpizar
2005 death at Miami International Airport / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rigoberto Alpizar (April 17, 1961 – December 7, 2005) was a Costa Rican-born United States citizen who was fatally shot at Miami International Airport by two United States Federal Air Marshals.
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Rigoberto Alpizar | |
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![]() Alpizar in an undated family photo. | |
Born | (1961-04-17)April 17, 1961 Cariari de Guápiles, Costa Rica |
Died | December 7, 2005(2005-12-07) (aged 44) |
Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
Citizenship | United States |
Occupation | Retail worker |
Spouse | Anne Buechner |
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Alpizar lived in the central Florida town of Maitland and worked in the Paint Department of a Home Depot. He was supposed to fly with his wife, Anne Buechner, to Orlando, Florida, returning from a missionary trip to Quito, Ecuador.
The shooting took place on a jetway. Alpizar ran away from the aircraft and, Homeland Security officials maintain, claimed to have a bomb in his bag and then made a sudden movement toward it.