Santiago Garcia was Murdered, not Stabbed in Self Defense

Thirty-one-year-old Kenroy Kelvin Smith has been arrested and charged with the murder of 20-year-old Santiago Garcia. Smith is accused of fatally stabbing Garcia on Sunday night in Pomona Village, Toledo. On Monday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero explained, ‘Santiago Garcia and Jason Sharp went to Smith’s residence to buy cannabis. An altercation broke out, leading to a fight. Smith then pulled out a knife and inflicted injuries on both men.’ Garcia’s sister, Melissa Lemus, revealed that Smith had been threatening her brother for about a year. ‘We know it was a threat from years ago… he was telling other people that he would do something to my brother,’ she said. Both Sharp and Garcia were taken to the hospital with stab wounds. While Sharp received treatment, Garcia was sadly pronounced dead.

 

Mellissa Lemus, Sister of Deceased

“We believe that what happened, we just want justice because he was a kind person. If you would maybe ask friends out there, coworkers, ageable people, they will tell you he was respectful. He was honest and he was very, very kind to people. I don’t understand why they would have done that to him.  It just hurts us because my grandfather has already passed March twelfth, and we received bad news end of month, nearly end of month.  It was March thirtieth which was my birthday.  It was a very big shock, like I told you.”