Ricardo Rick Zetino Jr., 31, was shot and killed on January 25, 2014, in the parking lot of Los Angeles Valley College in Valley Glen. Police found him outside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m. An autopsy listed a single gunshot wound to the chest as the cause of death.

Investigators say the shooting stemmed from a drug deal arranged to take place at the college lot. Two men were arrested the next day: 31-year-old Raheen Ahab Taylor of San Jacinto and 25-year-old Derrick Phillip Wilson of San Diego. Both were booked on suspicion of murder, later charged with one count of murder with a special-circumstances allegation of murder during the course of a robbery, three counts of second-degree robbery, and special allegations they intentionally discharged a handgun. Both pleaded not guilty and were held without bail pending proceedings.