Photos: Vigil for Anna Garcia
Several hundred friends, family and community members turned out for an evening vigil for three-year-old Anna Garcia at Silverlake Park, April 16, 2026, Tucson, Ariz. Garcia was killed in a high speed motor vehicle collision on April 10.
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.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
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