Benito Lopez-Vasquez, a 46-year-old Latino man, was shot and killed on February 18, 2019, in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner ruled his death a result of multiple gunshot wounds. Lopez-Vasquez and two other men were found dead in the common area on the first floor of a home in the Renaissance gated community in Porter Ranch.

Investigators tied the killings to a dispute connected with a multi-state cocaine-smuggling operation that moved cocaine from California to the East Coast. The other victims were Gary O’Neil Davidson, 39, of Reseda, and Jesus Perez, 34, of Perris. Davidson, who rented the Porter Ranch home, had allowed the suspects into the residence for an illegal narcotics transaction. Police recovered cocaine and some marijuana at the Porter Ranch house and at locations linked to suspects.

The LAPD arrested three people in the case: Kenneth Peterson and Travis Reid, both 40, were charged with murder with special circumstances and held without bail; Chiquetta Cook, 40, was arrested and charged with one count of murder and held on $2 million bail. All three were described as members of the drug-smuggling ring and were awaiting extradition to Los Angeles. Did anyone in the community have contacts or information about activity at the Porter Ranch house?