Salvador Ramirez, 48, was working as a security guard outside 99 Bottles & Cocktails on the 8000 block of Katella Avenue in unincorporated Anaheim when gunfire erupted just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Deputies found him with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to a hospital and died the following evening.

Initial accounts described a single male assailant who fled on foot. Investigators reviewed security posts and witness statements while canvassing the area around Katella Avenue. On August 13, 2025, detectives arrested four men in Los Angeles on suspicion of murder: David Anthony Ortega, 44; Rene Jose Juarez Jr., 37; Max Maestas, 54; and Robert Allen Duncan, 43. Authorities did not disclose a motive and the investigation remained open.

Salvador Ramirez is remembered as a working man whose shift ended in deadly violence; anyone with information about the shooting or who saw activity near Katella Avenue that night is asked to come forward.