Overview
- Police say 35-year-old Richard Garcia was found near the complex entrance with multiple gunshot wounds and later died.
- Officers responded just before 9 p.m. on New Year’s Day to an apartment near Emerald Avenue and Stewart north of Southern Avenue.
- The suspect was identified as 18-year-old Robert Garcia, the victim’s cousin, according to police.
- Robert Garcia was arrested on a second-degree murder charge after investigators said an argument escalated into the shooting.
- Detectives continue to examine the circumstances of the confrontation, and no further details or motive have been released.