On November 28, 2014, 34-year-old Juan Ochoa Ibarra of Plainview, California, was shot and killed on Avenue 195 near Cairns Avenue. Tulare County Sheriff’s deputies responded about 6:02 PM and found Ibarra with a fatal gunshot wound after he had reportedly been in an argument with an unknown male prior to the shooting. The death was investigated as a homicide and no arrest was made at the scene.

A lead emerged when, on December 3, 2014, a California Highway Patrol officer in King City arrested a man matching the suspect description. The arrestee, identified in reports as 35-year-old Frank Vasquez III, was taken into custody on a warrant and charged with Ibarra’s murder. The community and Ibarra’s family awaited the criminal case to proceed.

Anyone who knew Juan, witnessed the November 28 incident, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.