Issac Padilla, a 50-year-old man, was killed in Dallas, Texas, in the early morning hours of June 2, 2026. Dallas police said officers were called at approximately 3:37 a.m. to the 1800 block of Sylvan Avenue, in the Oak Cliff area near Interstate 30. Local reporting placed the shooting outside the Laredo Taco located at a 7-Eleven. When officers arrived, they found Padilla shot at the location, and he died at the scene.
The first public reports described the investigation as open and unsolved, with Dallas police saying no arrest had been made immediately after the shooting. The case was documented by Dallas police under case number 079159-2026. Authorities asked anyone with information to contact Detective D. Grubbs with the Dallas Police Department.
The investigation changed two days later. On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force arrested 31-year-old David Reyna in connection with Padilla's killing. Dallas police said Reyna was charged with murder in the Sylvan Avenue homicide.
Police also connected Reyna to another shooting that happened the same day as Padilla's death. Investigators said Reyna was linked to a June 2, 2026, incident in the 3800 block of Texas Drive, where a man was shot in the leg. In that separate case, documented under case number 079171-2026, Reyna was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The available public accounts do not describe a motive, the relationship between Padilla and Reyna, or the exact circumstances that led up to the shooting. What has been released paints the scene as a sudden and deadly act of violence at a gas station in Oak Cliff before dawn, followed by a short but active search that ended with Reyna's arrest by a federal fugitive task force.
