On the night of Saturday, March 30, 2024, Luis Garcia, a Hispanic/Latino male, was sitting in a pickup truck with another man, Jose Garcia-Reyes, in a mobile home park in East Tulsa. It was just after 11 p.m. when their truck stopped in the road near East Admiral Place and 121st East Avenue, sparking a dispute with others in the residential area.
Neighbors later told police that an argument began over the truck blocking the street. Witnesses reported that the fight escalated, drawing attention in the neighborhood. As the confrontation continued, a man identified as Elwyn Lopez, then 22 years old, came out of a nearby home and walked toward the pickup truck where the two men were seated.
According to police, Lopez approached the vehicle and fired multiple shots into the cab. The gunfire fatally wounded both Luis Garcia and Jose Garcia-Reyes. When officers arrived in response to calls about the shooting, they found the pickup parked in the middle of the street.
Inside, they discovered one victim in the driver’s seat and the other in the back seat, both deceased from gunshot wounds.
Detectives began interviewing multiple witnesses at the scene who had seen the shooting. Through their investigation, officers were able to identify Lopez as the suspect. He was taken into custody the following day and charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Garcia and Garcia-Reyes.
In January 2026, Elwyn Lopez was tried before a jury. He was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder for the fatal shootings. Following the conviction, the jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment. As of January 2026, Lopez was awaiting a future court date for his official sentencing.
