On April 3, 2023, at about 1:12 a.m., 37-year-old Concord resident Oscar Laredo-Arellano was fatally shot in the parking lot of Farrington’s Bar at 1938 Contra Costa Boulevard in Pleasant Hill following a dispute between two groups that began inside the bar and escalated outside. Officers arriving at the scene found Laredo-Arellano deceased from a gunshot wound to the head; the suspect had fled in a vehicle before police arrived.

Detectives later identified two primary suspects. The main suspect, 34-year-old Hercules resident Andre Barocio Jr., was believed to have fled to Mexico and was apprehended in Mexicali on May 22, 2023; he was extradited and booked in Martinez on charges including murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, and a firearm enhancement. The second suspect, 31-year-old Antioch resident Angelo Delacruz, was arrested in Douglas County, Nevada, in late April 2023, extradited and booked in Martinez on charges of assault with a firearm. Authorities say no additional suspects are at large.

Oscar Laredo-Arellano was a well-known bartender at Vinnie’s Bar & Grill in Concord, remembered by friends and patrons as a big guy with a big heart. If anyone has information about the events that night or knew Oscar, please share what you know with investigators.