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The father of Isla Vista shooting victim Christopher Michaels-Martinez said he wants to meet with the father of his son's killer to work toward preventing future tragedies.
“I lost my son. He lost his son. We have that in common,” Richard Martinez said. “We want, if possible, that the deaths of our son and his son should mean something.”
Michaels-Martinez, a 20-year-old UC Santa Barbara student, was the only child of two attorneys, his mother a deputy district attorney and his father a criminal defense attorney. He grew up in the San Luis Obispo area and graduated from San Luis Obispo High School in 2012.
His parents separated when he was child but shared custody and maintained a cordial relationship, Martinez said. Michaels-Martinez was a studious kid and avid reader -- including the"Hunger Games," "Harry Potter" and "Game of Thrones series" -- but also an athlete from a young age, his father said, beginning with soccer and going on to play football and basketball.
“Sometimes he was the most skilled player on the field, and even if he wasn’t, he was the most determined player on the field,” Martinez said, recalling a junior high school basketball game in which his son played on a team of four against a team of eight and Christopher’s team won.
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