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Frankie Acosta, a 50-year-old Latino man, was fatally shot on June 28, 2007, at 2302 Holford Street in the Avocado Heights neighborhood of Whittier, California. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at 1:20 a.m. The shooting also wounded his brother, Johnnie Acosta.

Reports say the confrontation that led to the shooting was related to gang activity. Frankie Acosta had spoken to Phillip Anthony Esparza about not bringing gang activity into the area, and on June 27, 2007, Acosta confronted Esparza again; Esparza then opened fire. Esparza, 25 at the time, was charged with second-degree murder for Frankie Acosta and attempted murder for Johnnie Acosta. Court proceedings noted Esparza’s history of gang involvement as significant to the events.

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