On March 1, 2024, around 8:50 PM, police found two men with gunshot wounds inside the stairwell of an apartment complex in the 4500 block of Alvarado Canyon Road in the Grantville neighborhood of San Diego. The victims were 31-year-old Joseph Taylor, who did not live at the complex, and 24-year-old Lavion Anquan Estridge, believed to be a security guard employed at the property. Both were taken to hospitals and died of their injuries.

Preliminary information indicates an altercation near the complex pool involving a group of people, during which at least three individuals produced firearms and shots were fired. Authorities have described the incident as believed to be gang-related; the purpose of the gathering is still under investigation. On March 5, 2024, 31-year-old Charles Burke was arrested in San Diego County and booked on suspicion of murder. On March 12, 2024, 23-year-old Jacarre Easter was arrested in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; steps were being taken to extradite him to San Diego to face charges related to the double homicide.

Estridge is remembered for his work as a security guard and his aspirations in fashion modeling and design. If anyone has information about the shooting, contact the San Diego Police Department’s Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.