On July 28, 2024, 22-year-old Angel Rudy Salazar was shot outside Rookies Sports Bar and Grill on Main Street in downtown Visalia, California, around 1:30 a.m. Gunfire struck Salazar and two other people; Salazar died at the scene and the other victims suffered non-fatal wounds. Salazar lived in Lemoore and was a father to two young sons, Amauri and Jayce. He ran a detailing business, loved vintage cars, and worked on the High-Speed Rail project.

His family remembered him as kind and hardworking, and they set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral costs and care for his children. Detectives say the incident appears gang-related; the Visalia Police Department arrested 18-year-old Deonte Crawford on July 31 on a murder charge, a 16-year-old juvenile on conspiracy to commit murder, and later arrested 23-year-old Tyrell Threadgill on August 2 on conspiracy charges. The investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has information that could help the case, please come forward.