CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — Police have arrested a suspect after two teenagers were shot and killed at a Halloween party in Chula Vista over the weekend.
According to Chula Vista Police, David Garcia, 18, was taken into custody without incident near his home in National City. Garcia was booked into county jail on murder charges.
Kane Roldan, 15, was one of two teens fatally shot at a party on East Prospect Street on Halloween night. The other victim was 17-year-old Elias Yanez.
Georgina Martinez, Kane's foster mother and legal guardian for about two years, received a call no parent should ever get. Her oldest son had called to tell her there had been a shooting at the party he and Kane were attending.
"We can't find Kane. We don't know where Kane is," Martinez said, when describing what her son told her on the phone.
When Martinez arrived at the scene, she found yellow tape everywhere and about a dozen police officers. Officers directed her to UC San Diego Medical Center, where she received the devastating news.
"Did everything they could. But he was gone," Martinez said.
Chula Vista Police say they received the call just after 11 p.m. on Halloween night. According to police, an argument at the party led to shots being fired. The investigation is ongoing, and police are still searching for the shooter or shooters.
Martinez described her foster son as the light of their home, who loved basketball and had a goofy personality. She said Kane had come a long way after a difficult upbringing.
She now treasures a text message Kane sent her just days before he was killed.
"I wanted you to know, like, I love you. I'm never gonna be able to repay you for everything you've done for me. You know, you've taken me in and you gave me a family," said Martinez, summarizing what the message from Kane said.
Martinez pleaded with the public to come forward with any information about the shooting before the announcement of the arrest.
"Please help us get justice because these two kids had so much going for them, and it was robbed," Martinez said.
Kane's foster family has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for funeral expenses.
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