Kevin Yankovoy was an 18-year-old from Wimberley, Texas, who was fatally shot on December 9, 2019, in San Marcos, Texas. He was found unresponsive inside a pickup truck that had crashed into several vehicles in the parking lot of the Cedar Apartments on the 1100 block of Leah Avenue and was later pronounced dead at Central Texas Medical Center. Two other passengers were in the pickup; one suffered a gunshot wound to his arm and was treated at the medical center.

Within hours, San Marcos police located and arrested six suspects, including four juveniles. Arrested adults included Angelo Quihuiz, 18, and John Dominic Coronado, 19, each charged with capital murder; three juveniles were among the other suspects, one reported as young as 15. Investigators recovered several guns inside a vehicle matching witnesses’ descriptions.

The shooting and rapid arrests drew significant attention locally, and Yankovoy’s family and friends remembered him as a young man with a bright future.