Derrick Patrick Edward Farrow, 33, was shot to death on December 26, 2014, outside Runaround Sue’s Bar on Mitchell Road in Ceres, California. Police say a violent altercation among several gang members escalated into the shooting that killed Farrow.

The Ceres Police Department investigated and executed multiple search and arrest warrants across Stanislaus County. On January 21, 2015, Richard Isaac Monroy and Gabriel Enrique Gallardo, both 18, were arrested on charges of murder and association with a criminal street gang. Arrest warrants were later issued for Eric Padilla-Sanchez and Luis Martinez, both 20. Subsequent arrests included Edgar Alvarez, 22, and Richard Anthony Palomares, 21, on December 22, 2015, and the arrest of John Carlos Aguilera Jr., 21.

Some suspects remained at large during the investigation, which stretched over the following years as authorities worked to identify and apprehend those involved.