Lowrider community mourns man found dead at Del City auto body shop

Lowrider community mourns man found dead at his Del City auto body shop

Members of the lowrider community and others on social media are mourning after a man was killed at his Del City business on Saturday.

LOWRIDER COMMUNITIES RIGHT? YEAH. MANY ARE REMEMBERING THE OWNER OF RAG CITY CUSTOMS, A BODY SHOP HERE IN DEL CITY, AND THE MAN’S NAME IS TONY GANTHER. NOW, JUST OUTSIDE OF HIS SHOP, A MEMORIAL SITS REMEMBERING HIM. HE WAS FOUND BY SOMEONE WHO HAD COME TO THIS LOCATION WHEN OUR OFFICERS ARRIVED. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED AT A LOCAL AUTO BODY SHOP, RAG CITY CUSTOMS. HIS BODY WAS FOUND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NOW POLICE DID NOT RELEASE THE MAN’S NAME, BUT MANY ONLINE SAY IT WAS THE OWNER OF RAG CITY CUSTOMS, TONY GANTHER. OUTSIDE OF THE SHOP, CANDLES, BALLOONS AND FLOWERS ARE OUT IN REMEMBRANCE WITH THE NAME TONY G. ON THE BALLOONS TODAY, A LOCAL LOWRIDER GROUP SENT ME A STATEMENT SAYING GANTHER WAS A HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL, ROOTED DEEP IN OKLAHOMA CITY’S CAR MOVEMENT AND THAT HE KNEW THE MAN THROUGH THE CAR SCENE AND HAD SEVERAL TALKS ABOUT THE SHOP, CUSTOM VEHICLES AND ALL THE WORK THAT WAS GOING INTO HIS NEXT BIG PROJECT. NOW THIS CHAPTER, PRESIDENT OF ROLLERS. ONLY OKC, GOES ON TO SAY THAT IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE HIS FRIEND AND THAT THE CAR COMMUNITY WILL MISS HIM. NOW WE STOPPED BY A CAR CLUB EVENT TODAY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA CITY, AND WHILE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO TALK ON CAMERA, THEY DID SAY THAT SOME OF THE CARS THERE WERE ACTUALLY WORKED ON AT RAG CITY CUSTOMS. NOW, POLICE TOLD US YESTERDAY THAT THEY WERE WORKING SOME LEADS, BUT HAD NOT MADE ANY ARRESTS. AND TODAY WE REACHED OUT TO THEM, BUT WE HAVEN’

Lowrider community mourns man found dead at his Del City auto body shop

Members of the lowrider community and others on social media are mourning after a man was killed at his Del City business on Saturday.

Members of the lowrider community and others on social media are mourning after a man was killed at his Del City business on Saturday.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Del City police are investigating the death of the owner of Rag City Customs, but said they weren’t sure when he was killed and have released few details.Many on social media have posted about the man they said was a big part of the Oklahoma City metro lowrider community.A local group sent KOCO 5 a statement about the man they described as humble.”(He) was a humble individual rooted deep in Oklahoma city’s car movement. I knew (him) through the car scene and had several talks about the shop, custom vehicles, and all the paint and hydraulic work that was going into his next big project. Through my short time of getting to know (him), it was definitely an honor to have known him and call him a friend,” wrote Val Gonzalez, chapter president of Rollerz Only Oklahoma City.Others who spoke with KOCO 5 said he was well known and worked hard at his craft.KOCO 5 reached out to Del City Police Department officials for any updates, but we have not heard back. They have not released the name of the victim. Top HeadlinesOklahoma town under boil order after E. coli found in water supplyRETRO FIND: Hang-gliding cat soared the skies in 1981Powerful bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan kill 17, wounds 30Baker Mayfield, people from across the country react to 18-year-old’s tragic deathFormer OU QB Dillon Gabriel breaks Case Keenum’s NCAA record for total touchdowns

DEL CITY, Okla. —

Members of the lowrider community and others on social media are mourning after a man was killed at his Del City business on Saturday.

Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.

Del City police are investigating the death of the owner of Rag City Customs, but said they weren’t sure when he was killed and have released few details.

Many on social media have posted about the man they said was a big part of the Oklahoma City metro lowrider community.

A local group sent KOCO 5 a statement about the man they described as humble.

“(He) was a humble individual rooted deep in Oklahoma city’s car movement. I knew (him) through the car scene and had several talks about the shop, custom vehicles, and all the paint and hydraulic work that was going into his next big project. Through my short time of getting to know (him), it was definitely an honor to have known him and call him a friend,” wrote Val Gonzalez, chapter president of Rollerz Only Oklahoma City.

Others who spoke with KOCO 5 said he was well known and worked hard at his craft.

KOCO 5 reached out to Del City Police Department officials for any updates, but we have not heard back. They have not released the name of the victim.

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