Three men charged in Garland motel shooting that killed Las Vegas man, authorities say

Santiago Lopez Morales was shot in the early morning hours of June 20 in the motel parking lot along the 12700 block of LBJ Freeway. Despite swift medical attention and transport to a North Texas hospital, Morales, 48, succumbed to his injuries. The incident cut short a life far from his Nevada home, underscoring the sudden and violent nature of the crime that has since propelled a multi-agency investigation and homicide charges against the three men involved.