On the evening of Saturday, June 7, 2003, 21-year-old Ivan Beaza-Garcia was shot and killed after a verbal argument outside a barbershop in the Far East Side Asian Center near West Alameda Avenue and Federal Boulevard in Denver. The disagreement reportedly involved another man, later identified as Juan Carballo Jr., who produced a handgun and shot Beaza-Garcia. The shooter fled the scene in a sport utility vehicle.

Ivan B. Garcia was a son and father; his daughter is named Ivana, and his siblings are Yesenia, Clay, and Marcos. Services were held at Our Lady of Guadalupe and he was interred in Andrews, Texas. The Denver Police Department opened a homicide investigation and obtained a warrant charging Juan Carballo Jr. with First Degree Murder. Carballo, known by the nickname Bananas, is described as 5 feet 7 inches and 210 pounds with tattoos on his arms, shoulders, and chest; investigators believe he fled to Mexico and he remains at large.

Anyone with information about Juan Carballo Jr. or this homicide is asked to contact the Denver Police Department.