On May 15 at approximately 6:45 p.m., officers assigned to the Special Enforcement Detail were patrolling in the area of Colorado Street and Wing Street when they noticed a vehicle with no front plate and tinted front windows.

The officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. While speaking with the occupants of the vehicle, officers noticed two open alcoholic beverages in the center console cup holders. Officers also discovered that the driver, identified as 20-year-old Gilbert Rios of Glendale, was unlicensed, on probation and a documented gang member.

The passenger in the back of the vehicle, 22-year-old William Delacerda of Glendale, was also on probation and found to be a documented gang member. A juvenile female was in the front passenger seat of the vehicle.