Aurelio Lico, a 24-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on June 1, 2015, in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles. The incident happened in the 3000 block of West Leeward Avenue during a violent confrontation that also left his 20-year-old brother, Eleazar Lico, dead. Coroner’s records list Aurelio’s cause of death as a gunshot to the head; Eleazar was shot and struck with a tire iron and later died at a hospital.

Eleazar left, returned with Aurelio, and the brothers confronted that man, identified as Roberto Menjivar. Menjivar called for help and a 16-year-old, later identified as Jonathan Orozco, arrived allegedly armed with a gun. Menjivar was arrested the night of the shootings and charged as an accessory to murder; Orozco was arrested the next day and, although a juvenile, was charged as an adult. Both were charged with two counts of murder; the arraignment was set for June 18, 2015.

Investigators said the suspects were suspected associates of the Mara Salvatrucha gang and that the LAPD West Bureau Homicide continued to seek information and to determine whether others were involved.