In the early hours of August 1, 2023, 15-year-old Manuel Garcia was shot and killed near the University of Nevada, Reno. The shooting occurred about 12:25 a.m. in the 1500 block of North Virginia Street and also killed 17-year-old Santiago Rodriguez. Officers found one juvenile male with a gunshot wound, then located a second juvenile with gunshot wounds in an adjacent parking lot; both were taken to Renown Regional Medical Center and later pronounced dead. The Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the causes of death to be multiple gunshot wounds.

Police described the shooting as not random and said the people involved knew one another. On the same day a 17-year-old male juvenile was arrested and charged with open murder with a deadly weapon; a second juvenile, 16, was arrested August 4 and charged the same. One suspect was identified as 17-year-old Stefan Howard Jr.

Does anyone who knew Manuel or Santiago have information that could help clarify what led to this shooting?