Gabriel Facio’s death left a wife, a daughter, a son, parents, and a grandchild facing the kind of absence that cannot be repaired. A family that should have had more ordinary days with him instead had to endure six days of uncertainty and injury before he died from wounds suffered in the line of duty. He was 47 years old. Officer Facio served the Apache Junction Police Department in Arizona, carrying badge 409, after previously serving with the Phoenix Police Department. His End of Watch was June 8, 2025. Behind those service records was a husband, father, son, and grandfather whose life reached far beyond…

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