Jaydon Garcia, 21, was shot and killed in Lubbock, Texas on December 15, 2024. The shooting occurred about 3:45 a.m. in the 2800 block of Fordham Street after a verbal altercation that began earlier that evening at a bar in the 2200 block of I-27. Garcia and his acquaintances had later gone to a family member’s residence on Fordham Street, where a dispute reportedly over family matters escalated and moved into the street.

A witness said they heard Garcia threaten the other individual, saying I will put you 10 feet deep, and then heard a gunshot. The witness observed a man later identified as 24-year-old Sergio De La Cerda place what appeared to be a firearm into his pocket. Garcia was taken to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. De La Cerda was arrested that day and charged with murder; he is being held at the Lubbock County Detention Center on $250,000 bond. During the initial response an officer was assaulted by 23-year-old Alyssa Rodriguez, who faces charges related to the incident; the officer was treated at University Medical Center.

Garcia was a Monterey High School graduate who had recently enrolled at Wayland Baptist University and loved football. Does anyone in Lubbock have information about the events that night or knew Jaydon?