Charles Borla Arizona Daily Star
Brianda Guerrero and her husband Emmanuel Garcia speak to the crowd who gathered Thursday night at a Tucson park to remember their 3-year-old daughter Anna Garcia, who was killed earlier this month in a crash police say was the result of street racing.
Days ago, however, Emmanuel Garcia shared on social media that the family had welcomed a healthy daughter — Ellianna.
She is “strong, healthy, and beautiful, just like her sisters,” her dad said.
Garcia asked in the post for support for “Anna’s Law.”
“I thank God for all of you in our community who have been affected and are fiercely fighting for change against this preventable tragedy that took my little girl from her loving family that would do anything to have her back,” Emmanuel Garcia said online.
A photo of 3-year-old Anna Garcia, is placed among flowers at a remembrance Thursday at a Tucson park.
“My daughter Anna was the joy of my life, the sweetest girl ever, and loved everyone she ever met. I humbly ask for all of your continued prayers for my wife, who is still fighting not only the loss of her precious girl but her own recovery.”
A GoFundMe page for the family had collected nearly $99,000 by Friday afternoon.
Christian Isaiah Randall, 22, the driver of the Hyundai, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, aggravated assault and endangerment. Bond was set at $500,000, police have said.
The second car police said was racing was driven by an unidentified 16-year-old boy who fled the scene. Though the Dodge Charger he was driving did not hit the Camry, he was arrested last week and taken to the Pima County Juvenile Detention Center after police said his actions “contributed to the cause” of the crash.
Photos: Vigil for Anna Garcia
Young friends of Emme Garcia try to comfort one another during a vigil for Emme’s three-year-old sister Anna Garcia at Silverlake Park, Tucson, Ariz., April 16, 2026. Several hundred turned out to remember Anna, who was killed in a vehicle collision at Valencia Road and Country Club Road on April 10.
Brianda Guerrero and her husband Emmanuel Garcia speak to the crowd about their three-year-old daughter Anna Garcia at Silverlake Park, Tucson, Ariz., April 16, 2026. Hundreds came out to remember Anna and offers solace for her family at an evening vigil.
A photo of three-year-old Anna Garcia is placed among vases of remembrance flowers during a vigil for her at Silverlake Park, Tucson, Ariz., April 16, 2026.
Brianda Guerrero holds her older daughter Emme during a vigil for her younger daughter and Emme’s sister Anna Garcia during a vigil for Anna at Silverlake Park, Tucson, Ariz., April 16, 2026.
Emmanuel Garcia gets hugged by a friend as dozens of others wait to offer their own condolences during a vigil for his three-year-old daughter Anna at Silverlake Park, Tucson, Ariz., April 16, 2026.
Rows of candles burn among photos of Anna Garcia on a memorial set up at a vigil for the three-year-old at Silverlake Park, Tucson, Ariz., April 16, 2026. Hundreds attended the vigil for Garcia, who was killed in a motor vehicle collision on April 10.
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