Karina Isabel Tobias, 21, was shot and killed on April 10, 2022, in a desert area near the 14400 block of Montwood Drive in El Paso County, Texas. She was with friends, including her boyfriend, Efrain Orozco, when the group was engaged in recreational shooting.

Initial statements from Orozco said Tobias had accidentally shot herself. Investigators recovered video from Tobias’s cellphone that recorded the moment she was shot. The footage shows Orozco standing in front of the camera, reaching down to grab a handgun, then pointing it at Tobias and pulling the trigger. Orozco was arrested and charged with murder and held on a $500,000 bond.

Karina Tobias’s death underscores the deadly consequences of a momentary act with a firearm. If anyone has information about that night or knew Karina, please share what you know with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.