Gainesville man arrested for shooting at woman after argument over dog bite

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Isaac Sanchez-Garcia, 40, was arrested yesterday after allegedly shooting a woman after an argument over a dog biting a child; he was also charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and tampering with evidence.

At about 11:40 a.m. yesterday, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call about an armed disturbance in a neighborhood north of the 6900 block of SW Archer Road. The victim told deputies that her infant daughter had been bitten in the face by a family dog while Sanchez-Garcia was supposed to be watching the child. The child’s father began yelling at another person in the home about inattention to the child, and Sanchez-Garcia reportedly came inside the house from a room that is attached to the back of the house.

Sanchez-Garcia reportedly fought with the father of the child until Sanchez-Garcia was injured, at which point he went back to the attached room and allegedly came back holding a handgun. The child’s father reportedly took the child out the front door, but the child’s mother stayed inside and said that Sanchez-Garcia fired a shot in her direction, hitting a wall several feet away from her.

The owner of the home gave consent to search the residence, and deputies reportedly found a live 9mm round just outside the back door and a spent 9mm shell casing just inside the back door. A bullet impact was reportedly found on the dining room wall; that bullet reportedly exited the other side of the wall through a bathroom mirror and lodged in a door frame. No firearm was located during the search.

Sanchez-Garcia reportedly gave consent to search his room, and that search reportedly produced multiple 9mm rounds and a magazine for a 9mm handgun. The bullets were reportedly the same brand as the ones found inside the house.

Post Miranda, Sanchez-Garcia reportedly said he and the child’s father had gotten into a fight over the dog bite and that he had gone out the back door after he was injured. He reportedly denied having a gun and said the gunshot in the wall was from an accidental discharge that happened several days ago. He reportedly changed his story multiple times but never admitted firing the shot and refused to give deputies the location of the gun.

Sanchez-Garcia has eight felony convictions (none violent) and four misdemeanor convictions (none violent). He has a pending charge for petit theft for allegedly stealing $77.95 in items from Walmart in September 2023. Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $110,000.

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  • Another felon with a gun. From the mugshot he looks like a real gem. Plus it looks like he got peppered with some well placed shots from the child’s father. I’m sure he has a good reason for having the gun being a felon and all that. Throw the book at him. No usable value.

    • another 1 of ron desantis’ gun toting christians . Florida is the criminal gun capital of the united states , thanx Meatball Ron . Lock Up This Felon Monster

      • Thought that title belonged to Chicago…or Baltimore…maybe St Louis.
        All cities, like Gainesville, run by liberal politicians

  • Room on that forehead for IDIOT or FELON. Where’s Lt. Aldo Raine when you need him?

  • ” Isaac Sanchez-Garcia”
    Face and neck tats. Hmm….sounds like one of Mexico’s finest courtesy of Joke Biden.

    • Well the gun he used is thanks to the do nothing about gun control repubs in Washington DC. He was probably born here and educated in one of their waste of money private schools.

      • Yet, it’s left wing trash that refuse to prosecute the laws on the books in the name of restorative justice!🤡
        Couldn’t care less what you degenerates want, you only want to take right from law abiding citizens!

  • We’re the parents home when their kid got attacked by the dog? Sounds like the house was full of people Weird story

    • Unrelated adults in group homes are a major driver in high residential home/apt rents and home values. The millions of illegals are causing that, plus spikes in auto insurance rates, etc.

    • Yes the childs parents were home. The childs father got into an altercation with HIS father sanchez-garcia and the mother got into an altercation with sanchez-garcia’s girlfriend. Sanchez-Garcia ran and got a gun and fired it while his granddaughter was still in the house. Yeah he’s a real gem

  • Like President Trump says these illegals coming into our country are low life’s for the most part. These countries are not sending their best. Our traiterous President Brandon is off on another vacation while we have an invasion going on here. We will have ongoing crime for many years to come while we’re expected to pay for this. Our kids will have nothing in their future.

  • WTF was he still here? A: scummy public lawyer$ and judge$.
    If the gun was stolen, he should be charged in buying stolen property as well as the above. If the couple are legally allowed, they should buy a gun and use that not just a dog for protection.

  • I know these people. Their dog is unhinged. That dog needs to be put down!! She ran out her yard and attacked my dog back in April and this old lady tried to give me hush money.

  • He was supposed to be watching the infant? Why in the world would any parent ask this guy to watch their baby?

    • Why in the world would any parent ask this guy to watch their baby?
      Ever think that perhaps it is because he is the most sane and well adjusted responsible adult in that household?

  • I know what tear drop tattoos from the eyes mean, but what does dribbles from the mouth mean?

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