Juan Lopez loved Taylor Swift. His favorite movie was “Toy Story.” And he wore a big smile on his face everywhere he went.

The loves of his life were his children, and especially the relationship with his 19-year-old daughter, Trinity Lopez.

She sent him a text “goodnight” at 1:39 a.m. Sunday, June 30. He never responded. She knew something had gone wrong. It was unlike him not to respond.

Lopez never replied because a couple of hours earlier, about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29, he was hit and killed by a hit-and-run driver. He was 39 years old.

“He was a good, caring person,” his daughter said. “Every time he saw a homeless person, he gave them money because he thought it would be good karma. He was a really good person.”

Authorities said Brock Alexander Hoffman, 55, of Santa Barbara hit and killed Lopez, and then drove away from the scene. He was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run resulting in death and misdemeanor concealing evidence, according to Santa Barbara Police Sgt. Ethan Ragsdale.

Hoffman was arrested five days after the crash.

“After days of investigative teamwork by Santa Barbara Police traffic investigators and detectives, the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run collision that killed 39-year-old Juan Lopez on June 29 was identified and located,” Ragsdale said. “Further investigation led to the identification of the individual driving the vehicle as 55-year-old Brock Alexander Hoffman.”

Once authorities identified Hoffman as the driver, he surrendered. He posted $50,000 bail the same day and was released.

Lopez’s family and friends are outraged that Hoffman drove away from the scene and that he surrendered to authorities only after police identified him as the driver. They want answers. They plan to hold a vigil at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the site of the crash and where his body was found, near a tree at 872 Cliff Drive.

Noozhawk spoke with Lopez’s longtime partner, Christina Godinez, their daughter and his nephew on Monday. They all described him as a good, humble man with ambition.

He worked as the deli manager at the Vons on Cliff Drive. He was in training to become the general manager. Lopez had three children with Godinez, 17-year-old Adrian Felix, 19-year-old Trinity Monique; and 21-year-old Juan. She had a son from a different relationship, who she credited Juan Lopez with raising too, 22-year-old Robert Martinez.

Born in Santa Barbara, Lopez attended San Marcos High School. He worked for years at his father’s landscaping company. He bounced around a bit, living in Santa Maria, Oxnard and Ventura, before returning to Santa Barbara after he was transferred to the Vons on Cliff Drive.

Godinez, his partner for more than two decades and mother to three children, told Noozhawk on Monday that she was still processing what had happened. She had to tell her children that their father died. Trinity’s birthday was last Thursday, the 4th of July. He always made a big deal out of it, bringing her cake, ice cream and balloons.

“She was his princess,” Godinez said.

Godinez has been doing her own investigative work since the hit-and-run. She has spoken to multiple police officers and detectives and has been trying to piece together what happened that night. She told Noozhawk that Lopez’s car was parked on Loma Alta. The keys to his car were in his pocket when they found his body. He lived on Oceano Avenue.

“He didn’t like to drink,” Godinez said. “He didn’t go out and party. He didn’t like going out.”

She said he was always worried about something bad happening in public, such as a mass shooting. They did take the kids to Disneyland, and the family enjoyed watching movies. His favorites were “Toy Story,” “Aladdin,” “Forrest Gump” and “Home Alone,” “especially on Christmas,” she said.

“In my mind, I don’t want to believe he is gone,” Godinez said.

His nephew, Jaime Cervantes, described him as humble with “a really big smile.” He received a text message from his uncle about 10 minutes before he was hit.

“He always asked, ‘How was your day?’ and he was kind to everybody,” Cervantes said.

Cervantez added that he had a fourth child, Jason Lopez, 22, from a different relationship.

Godinez and Trinity Lopez spent part of Monday picking out the clothes Lopez will be buried in: a windbreaker, Air Jordans, jeans and a Pro Club thermal.

Lopez’s daughter shared with Noozhawk the things that she will miss the most about her father: cruising Santa Barbara, going to Starbucks, shopping at The Collection in Oxnard, eating at Mexican bakeries and watching movies, especially “Barbie.”

She even got him to listen to her favorite South Korean boy band, BTS.

“We would always be together,” she said.

The night Lopez died, she had a video call with her father at 10 that night.

She’s making a bracelet with their birthstones — hers ruby and his peridot. She plans to place the bracelet on her father’s wrist when he is laid to rest.

“He was a good guy,” Godinez said. “He was always laughing and smiling. He worked hard. His daughter was his everything.”

The family has started a GoFundMe to help the family and with funeral expenses.