A man is dead after being stabbed inside a busy Garland grocery store — and the suspect, rather than running, walked himself in.
Juan Pedro Reyes, 32, of Garland, is now behind bars facing a murder charge after turning himself in to authorities following a public appeal by police. The victim, Franky Selyma Arredondo Barrios, 39, was stabbed at a Fiesta Mart located in the 2900 block of South First Street in Garland on the night of March 27, 2026, at approximately 8 p.m. Barrios was transported to a hospital, where he later died. What should have been an ordinary Friday night grocery run ended in a homicide investigation.
An Arrest After a Public Appeal
Garland Police had been searching for Reyes in the hours following the stabbing, and the department went public with the suspect’s identity in hopes of bringing him in. It worked. Reyes turned himself in, and as CBS News reported, he’s now being held at the Garland Detention Center on a murder charge. No bond had been set as of Saturday.
“Tonight there’s been an arrest in a deadly stabbing inside a Garland grocery store,” a local news anchor announced shortly after the news broke. “Police say this is the person responsible.” Short, blunt, and — for the victim’s family — probably not nearly enough.
Fox4 noted that the stabbing occurred just after 8 p.m. on a Friday, when the store would have been reasonably busy with weekend shoppers. The fact that a man was killed while picking up groceries has an unsettling, almost banal horror to it that’s hard to shake.
What We Know — and What We Don’t
Still, the motive behind the stabbing hasn’t been made public. Police haven’t indicated whether Reyes and Barrios knew each other, whether there was an argument, or whether this was something else entirely. Those details may emerge as the case moves through the courts, but for now, investigators are keeping things close.
Reyes faces a charge of murder. With no bond set, he’s not going anywhere soon. The investigation, presumably, continues.
A man went to buy groceries. He didn’t come home. That’s the part that lingers — long after the press releases stop and the cameras move on.
