1. Salvador Agron was the subject of the musical The Capeman by Paul Simon.
17 Facts About Salvador Agron
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Salvador Agron earned a living by working at a local convent.
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Salvador Agron's mother met and married a Pentecostal minister and the family moved to New York City.
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Salvador Agron returned to Puerto Rico, by which time his father had remarried.
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One day the teenage Salvador Agron found the body of his stepmother, who had committed suicide by hanging herself.
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Salvador Agron's father sent him back to his mother in New York.
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Salvador Agron later joined another gang called the Vampires after meeting Tony Hernandez, the gang's president.
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Salvador Agron stabbed two of the teenagers to death and fled the scene.
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Salvador Agron was called "The Capeman" because he wore a black cape with red lining during the fight, while Hernandez was labeled "The Umbrella Man" because he used an umbrella with a sharp end as a weapon.
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Salvador Agron was sentenced to death, which made the 16-year-old the youngest prisoner ever sent to death row in New York.
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Salvador Agron later earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and philosophy from the State University of New York in New Paltz, New York.
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In December 1976, Governor Hugh Carey reduced Salvador Agron's sentence, making him eligible for release in 1977.
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Salvador Agron was enrolled at SUNY New Paltz while spending his nights at the Fishkill Correctional Facility.
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In November 1977, Salvador Agron went on trial for his escape, defended by lawyer William Kunstler.
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Salvador Agron was found not guilty, by reason of "mental illness", of the charge of absconding.
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Salvador Agron began working as a youth counselor, and spoke out against gang violence for over five years.
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Salvador Agron died six days later at age 42, two days before his 43rd birthday.