Gabriel Shaun Garcia, 33, of Anaheim was found dead on June 20, 2020, at an illegal internet café on South Magnolia Avenue. Officers who responded at about 2:15 a.m. discovered Garcia with a fatal gunshot wound; investigators estimated he had been dead for about a day before his body was found.

Anaheim Police Department homicide detectives identified 41-year-old Lionel Raphael Cruz of Santa Ana as a suspect and arrested him on October 14, 2020. Cruz was taken into custody without incident and was booked on charges of murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Prosecutors included enhancements for discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury or death and for committing a secondary offense while released from custody; he was held at the Anaheim Detention Facility on $10 million bail and was scheduled for a court appearance on November 6, 2020.

Detectives have not disclosed the specific evidence that led to Cruz’s identification or a motive for the shooting. If anyone has information about Gabriel, the shooting, or the illegal internet café on South Magnolia Avenue, please come forward.