Alejandro Alex Garcia Jr., 29, was shot and killed the evening of April 8, 2022, at the Caroline Court Apartments, 1000 East Caroline Street in Tavares, Florida. The shooting also wounded Darnell Lester, who was shot multiple times, attempted to drive away and then crashed a vehicle that had been riddled with bullet holes. Garcia was pronounced dead at the scene.

Tavares Police, led by Detective Courtney Sullivan, said a fight preceded the shooting but gave few details about motive or how many people were involved. In August 2022 a traffic stop connected Dustin Chico Perdue, 27, and Patrick YG Brown, 22, to a string of armed robberies; Perdue was identified as a suspect in the April killing. In February 2023 Perdue and Octavious Marquis Reed, 23, were charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and related firearm offenses; Perdue faces an additional count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Authorities say Garcia and Lester did not live at the complex but were known to frequent the area and were related to each other.

Did anyone see or hear anything at the Caroline Court Apartments on the night of April 8, 2022?