Ignacio Nacho Garcia, 60, was fatally shot on the night of May 16, 2025, during an attempted robbery along the 1600 block of South California Street in Stockton. Officers arrived around 8:50 p.m. and found him wounded; he was taken to a hospital for emergency surgery but did not survive. Family and neighbors described him as a hardworking street vendor who sold food from a push cart and was ambushed while heading home from a day of sales.

Police initially said at least two masked assailants confronted Garcia near California and Third streets. Authorities later announced arrests, and on July 11, 2025, investigators took two men into custody on homicide and robbery charges in connection with the May 16 shooting. The community has mourned a familiar fixture of Stockton’s street-vending scene.

Did anyone who knew Ignacio or who was in that area the night of May 16 see anything that could help fill gaps in the timeline?