Dr. Tomas Garza, a 52-year-old mixed-race man from Larned, Kansas, was shot multiple times and killed on March 30, 2024. Emergency responders found him shortly after 5:00 p.m. on a property along Kansas Highway 19 South near Larned; he was taken to Pawnee Valley Community Hospital and later died of his injuries. An autopsy was ordered.

Law enforcement from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office treated the case as a homicide and arrested 67-year-old Michael Reynolds of Larned at the scene. Reynolds was booked on preliminary charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and later formally charged with intentional second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and criminal possession of a firearm. At a preliminary hearing the judge found sufficient evidence to bind Reynolds over on all counts, rejecting a self-defense immunity claim and denying a bond reduction; bond was set at $250,000 and Reynolds remains in custody.

Anyone with information about Dr. Garza, the events on Kansas Highway 19 South that evening, or who may have witnessed the incident is asked to come forward.