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‘Terrible tragedy’ His Kelowna Flightcraft co-workers recall Caesar Rosales, 55, (photo above) as a polite and well-spoken individual who was an outdoor thrill seeker, whether it be skydiving, zip-lining or bungee jumping. Tyler Jack Newton, 24, (left photo) has been arrested and charged with second degree murder.
Remembering murder victim killed on transit bus Kathy Michaels kmichaels@kelownacapnews.com
The victim of what’s been deemed a random and deadly act of violence is being remembered by friends as an upstanding guy, who lived life to the fullest. Caesar Rosales, 55, was killed last Thursday while riding a Kelowna bus on the university loop. Witness accounts and police statements indicate he was minding his own business, when a younger man approached him on his way out the door. Within moments Rosales was on the floor, bleeding heavily as an estimated 13 to 20
passengers rushed to his aid. He died before emergency crews arrived. “It’s a terrible tragedy,” said Grant Stevens, a coworker of Rosales at Kelowna Flightcraft, stressing that this wasn’t an ugly episode between a “couple of gangsters.” “We’ve lost not only an employee, but also a friend. This senseless, needless murder has left a void for us. How could something like this happen in Kelowna?” Rosales went to work at the aerospace company as a business systems analyst just two years ago, by way of Vancouver and, 10 years before that, the Philippines.
“He was an upstanding citizen, in our estimation. He was a polite, well-spoken, intelligent individual,” said Stevens. “Interestingly enough, he was quiet and reserved until you got him into something he liked. Then he was passionate.” Referring to a series of videos that Rosales posted on YouTube where he is seen skydiving, zip-lining, bungee jumping and even heading to Vegas adventures, Stevens pointed out that moving to the Okanagan prompted Rosales to live life to the fullest. That included being a conscientious citizen, which is what led him to the No. 8 bus Thursday night.
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“He believed in public transportation. With the job and income level he had, he could have had a vehicle if he wanted to, but when we interviewed him in 2012, he said he wanted to know if he’d be able to use public transit before he took the job,” said Stevens. So, he and some coworkers commuted to and from work together using the city’s transit system. That day they had been on their way home when Rosales said the weather looked good, and he wanted to go downtown to run some errands.
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