Onan Loaiza, 26, was killed in a shooting on March 27, 2018, after a violent altercation in National City, California. The confrontation began at Mex Mart, a grocery at Epsilon Street and North Highland Avenue, and about half an hour later escalated into a shooting around 11 a.m. in the parking lot of a strip mall on Eta Street near a Metro PCS store.

The National City Police Department identified 27-year-old Robert Allan Garduno as a suspect and arrested him in connection with the shooting. Police said the earlier fight at Mex Mart was a significant factor in the events that led to Loaiza’s death and asked anyone with information about the fight or the shooting to come forward.

Community members reacted to the daytime violence with concern about safety in the neighborhood. Does anyone have information about the altercation at Mex Mart or the events in the strip mall parking lot that morning?