Alberto Alejandro Calvillo, a 24-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on November 6, 2016, in Baldwin Park, California. The shooting happened around 11:10 p.m. outside a restaurant on Ramona Boulevard after a verbal altercation between Calvillo and two men, Omar Valenzuela Perez and his nephew, Eric Perez. The argument began when the men used language that offended Calvillo’s fiancée; Calvillo asked for respect, the dispute escalated, and Eric went to their car for a gun. Omar then shot Calvillo multiple times in the upper torso. Calvillo was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at 11:52 p.m. Witnesses identified the two men, a handgun was found in their vehicle, and both were arrested a few miles from the scene and charged with murder on November 9, 2016.

A jury later convicted Omar Valenzuela Perez and Eric Perez of first-degree murder, and both received life sentences. The Court of Appeal affirmed the convictions on January 28, 2021, rejecting defenses that evidence was insufficient and that fear or drug influence excused their actions. Did anyone who knew Alberto or witnessed that night see anything that hasn’t been shared publicly?