Giovanni Vega, 25, was shot to death on December 9, 2016. His body was found on the sidewalk in the 200 block of West Vineyard Avenue in Oxnard, California, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The location was near a fire station and a school bus stop.

Investigators treated the killing as gang-related. Two men, Joseph Minister and Christopher Arevalo, were identified as suspects and taken into custody. Arevalo was arrested in New Mexico with FBI assistance and faced felony murder charges plus special allegations including the personal and intentional discharge of a firearm, making him eligible for the death penalty. Minister was arrested at his Oxnard home and charged as an accessory after the fact with an allegation his conduct benefited the Colonia Chiques gang; his bail was set at $110,000 and he remained in county jail.

Anyone with information about Giovanni Vega’s death or the events leading up to December 9, 2016, is asked to come forward.