Luis Tovar was a 50-year-old Orange County native, a father, grandfather and founder of Unified Homes, a company that helped people buy, sell, and remodel manufactured homes. Described by family as the backbone of their household and by his son as someone who always put family first, Tovar built a close-knit business that included longtime employees and relatives.

On the evening of March 31, 2021, a gunman entered Unified Homes’ two-story office on West Lincoln Avenue in Orange, California, secured the gates with bicycle cable locks and opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun. The attack killed Tovar; his 28-year-old daughter Genevieve Raygoza; longtime employee 58-year-old Leticia Solis Guzman; and 9-year-old Matthew Farias. Matthew’s mother, Blanca Tamayo, was critically wounded while trying to shield him.

Police arrived within two minutes but were locked out, exchanged gunfire with the shooter through the gates and wounded him before forcing entry. The suspect, identified as 44-year-old Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, was found wounded and armed. Authorities said Gonzalez knew the victims through personal and business ties; his estranged wife had formerly been an employee at Unified Homes.

Does anyone have information about Luis Tovar, his family, or Unified Homes that could help clarify events leading up to the shooting?