Overview
- Officers found 48-year-old Efrin Victor Evangelista dead with gunshot wounds near the canal at 36th Street and Portland Avenue on Sept. 22.
- Police say 23-year-old Bryan Flores Barrientos confessed to an unprovoked shooting, telling detectives he shot the sleeping man eight times after drinking.
- Investigators report he hid the gun at a relative’s home, where search warrants recovered the suspected firearm and clothing tied to the case.
- Detectives connected him to the scene after re-interviewing a Sept. 19 witness and reviewing surveillance, with court records noting a facial-recognition lead and a prior police call to his residence.
- Barrientos is booked on one count of second-degree murder and is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond pending prosecution.