--- description: Luis Vielma, one of the 18 victims who have been officially identified so far, worked at Universal Studios' Harry Potter theme park title: J.K. Rowling Has Been Mourning One of the Orlando Victims image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt596a3061f70eea8b/6988977bf887dcc9fae963d0/gettyimages-152849195.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J.K. Rowling Has Been Mourning One of the Victims of the Orlando Shooting by [Amanda Calvo](/author/amanda-calvo/) ## Amanda Calvo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2016 7:54 AM CUT  Author J.K. Rowling attends photocall ahead of her reading from 'The Casual Vacancy' at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on September 27, 2012 in London, England. Author J.K. Rowling attends photocall ahead of her reading from 'The Casual Vacancy' at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on September 27, 2012 in London, England.Ben A. Pruchnie—Getty Images by [Amanda Calvo](/author/amanda-calvo/) ## Amanda Calvo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2016 7:54 AM CUT Within hours of the Sunday morning attack on the Orlando gay nightclub Pulse, city officials began releasing the identities of victims. Luis Vielma was [one of the 18 Orlando shooting victims](http://www.cityoforlando.net/blog/victims/ "undefined") whose identity has so far been confirmed in what is the [worst mass shooting in U.S. history](http://time.com/4365545/orlando-shooting-victims-names-pulse-nightclub/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") — one that left 50 dead and 53 injured. It appears the 22-year-old worked at the Universal Studios’ Harry Potter theme park. Olga Glomba told the Orlando _Sentinel_ that the two of them worked together and that he was “a funny, sweet, nerdy guy without a mean side. [He just wanted to make people smile](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/orlando-nightclub-shooting-luis-vielma-20160612-story.html "undefined").” People took to social media to express their grief — among them, _Harry Potter_ author J.K. Rowling herself. “Luis Vielma worked on the Harry Potter ride at Universal. He was 22 years old. I can’t stop crying,” she wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/742224187369107456) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4365877/orlando-shooting-jk-rowling-luis-vielma-harry-potter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4365877/orlando-shooting-jk-rowling-luis-vielma-harry-potter/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Has Been Mourning One of the Victims of the Orlando Shooting","datePublished":"2016-06-13T07:54:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:33:10.976Z","description":"Luis Vielma worked at Universal Studios' Harry Potter theme park","url":"https://time.com/4365877/orlando-shooting-jk-rowling-luis-vielma-harry-potter/","keywords":["Crime","Terrorism","LGBT","Florida","Attack","gay","National Security","Guns","tragedy","LGBTQ","Orlando","People","victims","Nightclub"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt596a3061f70eea8b/6988977bf887dcc9fae963d0/gettyimages-152849195.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda Calvo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt596a3061f70eea8b/6988977bf887dcc9fae963d0/gettyimages-152849195.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"J.K Rowling - In Conversation","caption":"J.K Rowling - In Conversation","creditText":"Ben A. Pruchnie—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4365877/orlando-shooting-jk-rowling-luis-vielma-harry-potter/","name":"J.K. Rowling Has Been Mourning One of the Victims of the Orlando Shooting"}}]}] ```