On October 20, 2015, four-year-old Iliana Rose Lilly Garcia was shot while riding in her family’s pickup on Interstate 40 in Albuquerque after a dispute with the driver of a red car over a lane change. Her father, Alan Garcia, said the other driver opened fire; Iliana’s seven-year-old brother alerted their father that she was bleeding. Bystanders, including two nurses, stopped to help and an ambulance took her to the hospital, but she did not survive her injuries.

A day after the shooting police arrested 32-year-old Tony Torrez following a public tip. Torrez confessed during the investigation and was charged with murder, assault, child abuse, and related offenses; he was held on a $650,000 cash-only bond. Reports also state Torrez had prior arrests for violent crimes that were later dropped.

Iliana, called Lilly by her family, was remembered as a joyful child who loved blue Icees, reading, singing, and dancing; hundreds attended her funeral Mass.