Cesar Garcia, 27, was fatally shot on February 29, 2024, at about 4:30 p.m. near the entrance to his workplace in the 6900 block of Northeast Loop 410 in San Antonio. Officers found his body on a stairwell amid multiple shell casings and small plastic baggies containing Glock switches, illegal devices that convert firearms into automatic weapons. Surveillance shows Garcia arranged to meet two people outside his workplace; as he approached a stairwell one person in black put a gun to his head and a struggle followed while a second person in a red hoodie and light-colored joggers fired multiple times. Both suspects then fled in a black Hyundai Sonata missing a front bumper.

Investigators recovered messages on Garcia’s phone linking him to one of the suspects. On March 2, 2024, 21-year-old Kiavon Dotson was arrested and charged with capital murder; he told investigators the plan was to rob Garcia of gun parts and that Garcia resisted. On March 22, 2024, 20-year-old Ju Von Williams Phillips was arrested and charged with capital murder. Both are held on $500,000 bonds. Authorities say a third person remained in the getaway vehicle; no identity or arrest has been announced for that individual. Anyone with information is asked to come forward to assist the investigation.