A San Francisco Bay Area man who was with his wife celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary was among those killed in the Barcelona terror attack.
Jared Tucker was killed Thursday when a van drove into a crowd at a popular tourist destination, Las Ramblas, his relatives confirmed.
He was a 43-year-old man from Lafayette. His wife tentatively identified his remains Friday, his father told Bay Area television station KGO.
Heidi Nunes-Tucker told NBC News she and her husband had just had a drink on Las Ramblas when they separated as he left to use a restroom. Then she heard screaming, and after hiding from the violence, an hourslong search for her husband began.
Tucker’s father Dan Tucker told KGO someone texted the family video from the scene and it showed someone severely injured who appeared to be Tucker. They thought maybe he was being treated at a hospital, but learned Friday about his fate.
A GoFundMe page set up by the family states that he leaves behind three daughters. The page is raising funds for their education, his wife and to pay for Tucker’s funeral.
“Pray for Jared and his family, pray for Barcelona, but most importantly pray that we can someday rid ourselves of the hate that takes our loved ones before their time,” the page states.
Dan Tucker said his son leaves behind a large circle of friends.
“We are just getting call after call after call of people consoling us,” Dan Tucker said. “My wife’s in shock.”
Jared and Heidi had been on an anniversary trip to Europe after saving up for a year, Tucker’s sister told the Associated Press.
The U.S. State Department has confirmed one American citizen is among the 13 killed in Thursday’s attack in Barcelona; it did not immediately release the victim’s name.
One other person was killed in a related terror incident in the coastal town of Cabrils, bringing the death toll to 14. Dozens were injured. Four people have been arrested.