David Garcia, a 38-year-old Hispanic man, was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas, in April 2022.
On the night of Monday, April 11, 2022, at approximately 10:10 p.m., Dallas Police officers responded to a shooting call at a 7-Eleven convenience store located at the intersection of South Hampton Road and West Clarendon Drive. When they arrived, they found David Garcia in the parking lot suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics transported him to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries two days later on April 13.
According to news reports, the shooting followed an argument between Garcia and another man, Vincent Gomez. As Garcia was walking out of the store, a third individual reportedly shot him. Following the shooting, Gomez and the shooter fled the scene in a vehicle, which crashed a few blocks away. Police located the wrecked car and found Gomez, then 25, inside with a 14-year-old girl.
The shooter, however, had escaped on foot.
Police arrested Gomez and charged him with murder. At the time of his arrest, authorities noted that Gomez was also wanted in connection with a separate murder case from 2020. The Dallas Police Department’s investigation continued, leading to a second arrest later that month. On April 28, 2022, officers arrested 21-year-old Gabriel Granado and also charged him with murder for his alleged role in Garcia's death. Granado was subsequently taken to the Dallas County Jail. The case is now proceeding through the court system as of Granado's arrest in April 2022.
