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Bobby Garcia, a 38-year-old tire shop owner in Houston, Texas, was shot and killed on March 13, 2017, after trying to stop a car burglary at a Shell station on Almeda Road. Garcia, a regular at the station who had run his tire shop in the neighborhood for about 15 years, noticed people rifling through a parked car while its owner was unloading merchandise. Garcia and the car owner confronted the group; at that moment a lookout opened fire, striking Garcia and grazing the station owner.
Paramedics took Garcia to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The station owner was treated at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. Witnesses and police said the shooters fled in a blue or silver Chrysler 200; Houston police described the assailants as part of a four-person group but provided no detailed descriptions. Family and friends remembered Garcia as generous and community-minded; his wife Jeniffer Hernandez called his death an injustice. Houston Police and Crime Stoppers are asking anyone with information to come forward.
If anyone knew Bobby, saw the incident, or has information about the Chrysler 200 or the people involved, please share what you know with investigators.