On March 24, 2012, at around 8 p.m., 14-year-old Richard “Richie” Carrillo was sitting on the tailgate of a parked pickup truck in an alley in the 3500 block of Island Avenue near Market Street. As the teen was talking with friends, investigators say a dark-colored SUV drove up to them and stopped. Two unknown Hispanic males in their 20s got out of the vehicle and began shooting toward Carrillo and his friends. Investigators say Carrillo tried to flee on foot, but was fatally struck by gunfire. By the time medics arrived, it was too late, and the teenager died at the scene. Three men arrested in connection with incident that involve Richie the murder of a 14-year-old boy during a gang-related dispute about a baseball cap. Arnold Celaya and Angel Burquez, both 22, and Antriel Matthews, 23, are charged with murder of Richard Carrillo, the killing was committed for the benefit of a gang. This case involves a gang murder in which gang members went into perceived rival territory, thinking they were going to find rivals to kill, and instead ended up killing a child who had just turned 14 “It’s a big misconception that gang violence stays within gang circles, gang members are killing other gang members, “This case is a stark example of what happens when gang violence trickles down and ends up killing an innocent child.” On January 15, 2016, the court sentenced each defendant to life without the possibility of parole, plus 25 years to life. Overview In 2012, City Heights Juniors a criminal street gang, and J Block, which at that time was primarily a tagging crew, each claimed the letter "J" and marked their affiliation by wearing Toronto Blue Jays baseball caps. A feud developed between the two sets. Juniors instructed its members to take J baseball caps away from J Block members. The feud escalated into open conflict Two Juniors took a Blue Jays baseball cap from a J Block gang member. A short time later, the Juniors hit the J Block gang member, who was riding a bicycle, with their car, pinning the bicycle under the car and rendering their car inoperable. The J Block gang member retrieved a gun and fired several bullets into the windshield of the car, resulting in his arrest. two J Block gang members, Jorge Gomez and Jose H., a 15-year-old J Block member, were hanging out in an alley behind Jose's apartment in southeast. A white Ford Mustang pulled up. A stocky man with a shaved head got out of the Mustang and asked Gomez and Jose, "Where are you from. Gomez and Jose did not respond and walked away. The man left in his Mustang. Celaya drove a white Mustang and his appearance matched the description of the man who had confronted the J Block members. 14-year-old Richard Carrillo was playing with friends, including Gomez and Jose, in the same alleyway where Gomez and Jose had been the previous evening. Richy was not a gang member. Jose was wearing a Blue Jays baseball cap. A Jeep Cherokee pulled up and stopped next to where they were playing. Two men exited the passenger side of the Jeep and began shooting. Richy and his friends started to run away. They were not gang members. For Carrillo’s heartbroken mother, Elisa Carrillo without her son has been incredibly difficult. She says there isn’t a day that goes by that she doesn’t think of her beloved son, who was affectionately nicknamed “Lil’ Richie.” “I miss him, I miss hearing his voice, you miss holding them. You want to hold them, you want to kiss them,“You wish you could wake up to hear his voice or hear him play or hear them argue. But you don’t hear that anymore. #endgangviolance #innocentchild #fyp #cali - @san.diego.reporte