Army veteran murdered at homecoming party in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES - A 22-year-old Army veteran survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan only to be gunned down on a Los Angeles sidewalk early Sunday morning, police say.
Francisco Garcia was shot and killed after a dispute erupted outside a party thrown by his girlfriend celebrating his homecoming, reports CBS Los Angeles.
"The ironies are obvious," said Lt. Paul Vernon, commanding officer of the Mission Detective Division. "To survive as a soldier in an overseas conflict, only to be killed in your old neighborhood upon your return."
The party for Garcia began at one house Saturday night and spilled over into Sunday morning at another nearby location.
Just before 2 a.m., Garcia was standing on the sidewalk when two cars stopped nearby, and one of the cars' occupants got out and started arguing with the veteran. The man who stopped then retrieved a handgun from another car and started shooting, leaving Garcia dead, police said.
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