Everado Soto, a 39-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on June 22, 2018, in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Around 10 a.m., Soto and another man were walking south on South Central Avenue when a light-colored SUV pulled up, a brief conversation occurred, and two people exited the vehicle and opened fire. The man with Soto escaped unharmed. Soto was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 12:28 p.m.

Police later arrested three men — Anthony Moreno, Herbert Nixon Flores, and Santiago Ortega, then aged 23 to 24 — and charged each with one count of murder with a handgun plus additional gun allegations. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office handled the case and the suspects were scheduled for court appearances in October 2018. The LAPD asked the public for information to aid the investigation.