Cristopher Emanuel Garcia-Portillo, 13, known as Tito Juan, was shot and killed in Brookhaven, Georgia, on the late afternoon of May 2, 2024. The shooting occurred in the 3500 block of Buford Highway at about 5:30 p.m. after an altercation between Cristopher and another youth escalated to gunfire. Responding officers and first responders found Cristopher with a gunshot wound; life-saving measures were attempted but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Brookhaven Police interviewed witnesses and later arrested another juvenile in connection with the death, with investigators describing the shooting as the result of the confrontation between the two young people. Family and friends held a funeral mass on May 9, 2024, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Atlanta, followed by visitation at Fischer Funeral Care.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information about what happened that afternoon is asked to come forward.