Family and friends said Matthew Lobos had just started his senior year at Santee High School. However, his final year of high school was cut short after he was purposely hit and killed by two vehicles in Florence.
"He was the literal center of the family," she said."He literally made parties happen. He came and made sure everyone was fine...He was just a really great and fun-loving kid."
Valenzuela's nephew Lobos was in the industrial part of the Florence area early Sunday morning, among the 150 people who gathered near the popular street racing spot. Detectives said an argument broke out before two vehicles ran over Lobos. Security footage showed a man jumping out of a dark SUV into the white Acura shortly after Lobos was hit by the first vehicle. The white Acura looped back to run over Lobos once again, as his friends tried to drag him out of harm's way.
While officers found one of the vehicles, the White Acura, ditched next to a pole, they could not find the second. However, his brother Nicholas said Matthew was trying to break up a fight.
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