Elias Cavazos, 29, of Hemet, California, died on April 17, 2015 after an exchange of gunfire during a law enforcement stop. He was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by anti-gang officers from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol; a shootout between Cavazos and the officers resulted in his death.

Cavazos had a prior 2011 arrest on suspicion of robbery, and the officers involved were assigned to an anti-gang task force, which the account says contributed to the circumstances of the stop. No immediate arrests or charges were filed against the officers, and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department opened an internal investigation into the use of lethal force.

The case prompted local discussion about gang violence and police tactics in Hemet. Does anyone have firsthand information about the April 17, 2015 stop or about Elias Cavazos’s activities leading up to that encounter?