Updated at 7:10 p.m. Nov. 10 with the moment of silence at Tuesday’s City Council meeting and remarks from Mayor Alyia Gaskins.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Roberto Gomez, who founded the Alexandria nonprofit Cornerstone Craftsman and ran for City Council in this year's special election, has died, the organization's board of directors announced Tuesday evening.
No further information about his death was available.
"It is with profound sadness and broken hearts that the Cornerstone Craftsman Board of Directors shares the heartbreaking news of the passing of Roberto Gomez," the board wrote in a statement posted to the organization's Facebook page at 6:06 p.m.
