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Douglas Rivas-Rauda was a 20-year-old Marine stationed at Twentynine Palms who was shot and killed on April 17, 2016, in a parking lot outside the Flesh Club, a strip club on West Hospitality Lane in San Bernardino. He had volunteered to be the designated driver for fellow Marines and was waiting in the lot when a man approached and fired multiple shots into his chest, killing him at the scene.

Police identified the shooter as Arturo Perez Medina, described in reports as a member of the Westside Verdugo gang. Investigators used surveillance footage, forensic evidence, and witness interviews in the investigation. Medina left the area after the killing and traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, where he was taken into custody by Mexican authorities and later returned to the United States.

Rivas-Rauda’s death was characterized by police as an innocent victim caught in an act of gang violence. Does anyone have information about that night or remember seeing activity around the Flesh Club on April 17, 2016?