A parking dispute in Reading, Pennsylvania, on the evening of April 6, 2026, ended in a fatal shooting. At about 6:57 p.m. in the 1000 block of Muhlenberg Street, 36-year-old Elimelec Vazquez allegedly cautioned another man about hitting his car while parallel parking. The argument escalated as both men exchanged words from porches a few houses apart, and Vazquez then approached the other individual demanding a confrontation.

According to witnesses, 43-year-old Luis Clavell-Gierbolini emerged from a house with a handgun, pursued Vazquez and shot him; Vazquez suffered a gunshot wound to the upper torso and died after being taken to Reading Hospital. Police described the shooting as an isolated incident, took Clavell-Gierbolini into custody soon after and charged him with first-degree murder; he was being held at Berks County Jail without bail with a preliminary hearing set for April 17. An autopsy was scheduled for Vazquez.

Vazquez was born in Reading and remembered by family as devoted to his partner Jayleen N. Rios of 16 years and a father to six children: Elijah, Aliannie, Elias, Rubylyn, Josiah and Sofia. Does anyone who lived on Muhlenberg Street that night or who knew Elimelec have information that could help clarify what happened?