LUBBOCK, Texas — Court records obtained on Friday indicated Bryan Garcia, 23, and Xavier Garcia, 21, were accused of murdering Devante Edwards in West Lubbock during a drug deal.
EverythingLubbock.com obtained court documents detailing the events leading up to the murder of Edwards.
Detectives with the Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit and investigators with the department’s Forensic Investigations Unit investigated with the assistance of several witnesses, discovered Edwards’s involvement with selling narcotics and how he was possibly selling “100 pens” to an unknown subject on the day of the murder. Court records describe “pens” as street slang for Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) vape pens.
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Snapchat messages from Edwards showed the agreed-upon price of $3400 on the day of the murder around 7:35 p.m.
According to the court documents, detectives also discovered a text message conversation between Bryan Garcia and the known phone number for Xavier Garcia around 10:38 p.m., approximately 20 minutes before the murder of Edwards. During the conversation, Xavier texted Bryan Garcia, “Stick them up real quick. Let me know what you do. I’ll be there in less than five. That’s what you tryna do.” “Lmk,” which was the last message between the two before the murder took place.