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What should have been a peaceful Sunday morning turned tragic for Greeley father Joaquin Mininger. Greeley police say Mininger's 24-year-old daughter, Sierra Nicole Mininger, was shot and killed in her home around 6 a.m. Sunday.Police arrested Gabriel Esparza, 23, who was identified as the suspect. Esparza was Mininger's ex-boyfriend and the two had only recently broken up.
'I reassured her that I loved her and that I'm here for her, and if she could hang on, to please hang on. It’s the worst thing anybody could go through.”Mininger, a JROTC Marine Copr graduation, left behind her father and two siblings. She also had three dogs, a cat and two birds, which Joaquin said he plans to take care of.'She really wanted a family,' said Joaquin. 'That's why she had so many pets, that was her starter kit for a family.
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