Luis Garcia-Molina

Luis Garcia-Molina, a 17-year-old Hispanic male, was remembered by his family as their "angelito," or little angel. His cousin wrote that he was "a child who was just beginning to live and had many dreams to achieve," who won hearts with his charisma. Born in Santa Ana, California, Luis was living in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the winter of 2025.

On the evening of February 16, 2025, Luis was walking home from an 11-year-old’s birthday party in a northeast Las Vegas neighborhood. Around 8:23 p.m., his brother placed a frantic 911 call reporting that Luis had been shot. When officers arrived at the 4700 block of Corsaire Avenue, they found Luis on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators recovered 17 cartridge cases from two different firearms, a .45 and a 9mm.

Witnesses reported that a group of men had been at the same party, arriving earlier to drop off a BBQ grill. They reportedly became aggressive during the party before confronting and shooting Luis. A newer white Chevrolet Silverado was seen fleeing the area. Police located the truck and initiated a pursuit that ended in the neighboring city of Henderson. During the chase, occupants of the truck were seen throwing items from the windows, which police later recovered and identified as firearms and a cellphone. Six males were taken into custody.

Initially, six individuals were arrested in connection with the murder: Damian Delgado, Jesus Ramirez, Victor Cardena-Pizarro, Luis Pizarro-Cardena, Juan Rodriguez-Jimenez, and Daniel Murillo. After investigators reviewed cellphone data and witness interviews, charges against Ramirez and Rodriguez-Jimenez were dropped when it was determined they were not present at the time of the shooting.

The four remaining suspects—Damian Delgado, Luis Pizarro-Cardena, Victor Cardena-Pizarro, and Daniel Murillo—were indicted by a grand jury. Delgado and Pizarro-Cardena faced charges of murder with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit murder, and discharging a firearm at an occupied structure. In August 2025, Victor Cardena-Pizarro pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of harboring, concealing, or aiding a felony offender.

In October 2025, a judge sentenced Cardena-Pizarro to a suspended sentence of 12 to 30 months and placed him on probation with a condition of 90 days in custody. As of October 2025, the murder and conspiracy charges against Damian Delgado, Luis Pizarro-Cardena, and Daniel Murillo remained pending in court.