Arthur Touch was 14 when he was shot and killed on December 16, 2020, on the 1400 block of St. Louis Avenue in Long Beach, California. Police found him on the street with gunshot wounds to his upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities described the killing as gang-related, though the exact circumstances that led to the shooting were unclear in initial reports.

In early January 2021 detectives executed search warrants at multiple locations and arrested four suspects: Jose Martinez, 19; Jacob Valentin, 18; and brothers Junior Parra, 25, and Ricardo Parra, 23. Investigators say Arthur had been in a dispute with those individuals that escalated into a physical altercation and then the fatal shooting. The suspects left the scene after the incident; Junior and Ricardo Parra were reported to have attempted to flee to Mexico before being detained. Weapons were recovered during searches but were not believed to be the murder weapon.

Does anyone have information about Arthur, the dispute, or what happened that night?