Sample Report

 Road Rage Killing

On 5th August 2014, 4-year-old Lilly Garcia was riding in the backseat of her dad's truck with her 7- year-old brother Peter Garcia when someone in a Toyota opened fire on the family as they travelled down the main east "' west freeway. The father quickly pulled the truck into the median and tried to administer first aid on his daughter. A bystander called 911 to report the incident. Two nurses showed up and tried to save the girl's life as ambulance arrived and rushed her to the hospital, where she died an hour later. The child's father and brother were not injured. Authorities offered roughly $25000 for information that led to the arrest of the shooter who was driving a newer-model dark red Toyota Corolla with a Greenville license plate.

 

The suspect was 31 years old, lanky, having short dark hair, a thin face and goatee. In Tuesday's shooting, the suspect was accused of opening fire on the truck where Lilly was travelling at around 14:45 hrs local time, which police described as a road rage accident. Alan Garcia had just picked up his two children from school when it happened. Lily's father, Alan Garcia, told police that he heard two gunshots. The suspect, later identified as Tony Torrez, continued to pursue Garcia's truck, and fired.

twice more. Police believed it was a random encounter and that the two did not know each other. Police detained a man on Friday 8th August 2014, in connection with the road-rage killing of the 4-year-old girl who was shot in the backseat of her father's truck. Police recovered the car and the firearm believed to have been used in the killing. Detectives were scanning the area to collect shell casings or other ballistic evidence.

 

Fingerprints taken from the detainee matched those of Tony Torrez. In 2006, Torrez was arrested on charges of pulling a gun on another driver during an encounter in a parking garage. Torrez' car was blocking vehicles from exiting the garage on July 30 of that year, and there was a confrontation with the driver of a SUV behind the blocked exit. Torrez allegedly got out, showed a handgun in his waistband, and then pointed the weapon at someone in the SUV, and a fight broke out. The gun went off three times during the struggle. Torrez was charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, but in 2007 the case was dropped because prosecutors could not secure the cooperation of the victim and witnesses.

 

The road-rage killing incident occurred on the Highway at GR 284627 from 57th Street to Main Boulevard, which was searched for possible bullet casings. Gary Tolko, a witness, advised police that he had seen the dark red Toyota Corolla with Greensville license plate TR2395. Police spotted the vehicle in an abandoned building. The front part of the vehicle was damaged. Police recovered two empty bullet cartridges on the lane of the Highway. Police searched the vehicle and found one black handgun with two unfired bullets and two bullet cases. The investigation revealed that the incident took place when the victim's father gestured and mocked the suspect. During the interview, the suspect, Tony Torrez living at Zonal Street 59, stated that at about 14.10 hrs, he saw a pickup truck with registration plate number GW8346. The driver was busy talking to his children. When he gave the horn for the side, the truck did not give any signals. Then, he drove his car on the• same level to go faster but the truck driver mocked and teased him with gestures showing his middle finger. That made him angry and then he picked up his gun, point 45 CP. and fired at the driver. By mistake, the target was on the little girl. He was arrested from the Moonlight Cafe. He confessed to his crime. He was charged with murder of a young girl and possession of illegal weapon. He felt guilty for what had happened. The investigations were continuing.

 

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