UPDATE: One of the defendants in this case, John Tsuneo Nagata, was scheduled for a court hearing this week in Merced County related to this case. The story below was originally published in 2019 ...

Operation Red Rooster began with a gang-related homicide and attempted homicide in Livingston in 2022. Police arrested one suspected shooter, but another remained free.

A total of seven known gang members have been arrested in Livingston since Saturday, the Police Department reported. Three of those arrests came Tuesday when Livingston police and Merced County ...

Among those arrested in a major Northern California gang crackdown was a Merced rapper and local icon, who was once praised ...