Rhamil Reason, 18, was found fatally shot behind a Garland Walmart after an exchange of gunfire sometime between 10:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on January 30, 2021. Officers discovered his body the following day, January 31, and Garland police opened a murder investigation.

Surveillance video was cited as pivotal to identifying a suspect. Detectives named 21-year-old Luis Garcia of Arlington; he was arrested on February 1, 2021, with U.S. Marshals assistance and charged with murder. He remained in the Garland Detention Center with no bond set and the investigation ongoing as of the latest account.

Reason’s death stunned family and the local community. Anyone with information about what happened behind the Walmart that night is asked to come forward.