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San Antonio Man Sentenced to 30 Years for 2022 Killing of 19-Year-Old Luis Mario Garcia

Prosecutors cite surveillance footage, digital records, DNA linking Fernando Gonzalez Canedo to the shooting.

Overview

  • Bexar County DA Joe Gonzales said Fernando Gonzalez Canedo received a 30-year prison term and will serve it in Texas Department of Criminal Justice custody.
  • The case stems from a Dec. 13, 2022 shooting on Roundtree Lane on San Antonio’s Northeast Side near Interstate 35 and Randolph Boulevard.
  • Officers found 19-year-old Luis Mario Garcia lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds; he was hospitalized and later died.
  • Surveillance video showed Canedo in a white vehicle near the scene moments before the shooting and fleeing afterward, according to the release.
  • Investigators identified him through cell phone data, social media records and DNA, and they say he staged a fake robbery about five miles away shortly after.