On October 2, 2023, at about 10:30 p.m., officers in Atwater found 42-year-old Evangelina Ybarra and 41-year-old Ramon Lopez shot inside a vehicle in a parking lot on the 2500 block of Shaffer Road near Fortuna Avenue. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators identified 42-year-old Daniel Corona Garibay of Livingston as the primary suspect in the double homicide and described him as 6 feet 1 inch, 198 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen in the Atwater and Livingston areas on a red and black Honda motorcycle with California plate 24E3412.

Authorities said the shootings were not random and that Garibay remained at large; they urged anyone who spots him not to approach him and to contact police. Ybarra is survived by three children, Daniel, Marina, and Alex; Lopez is survived by a 3-year-old son. Anyone with information is asked to call the Atwater Police Department and ask for Detective Sgt.

Sarginson or Detective Vargas at (209) 357-6384.