Taurean Travis, 19, was one of two young men fatally shot in South Modesto on December 21, 2021. The Modesto Police Department identified Travis and 20-year-old Julian Sisk as the victims; both were found near the 600 block of Thrasher Avenue and were pronounced dead at the scene in the early afternoon. Initial reports said the circumstances leading up to the shooting were unclear and police asked anyone with information to come forward.

In the days after the killings the community and both families mourned, describing the victims as young men with promising futures. On December 24, 2021, Modesto police announced three arrests in connection with the double homicide, though names and formal charges were not released at that time. What additional details about motive or the sequence of events are known to anyone who was near Thrasher Avenue that day?