Alo Bandz Death: Two Teens Arrested For San Diego Rapper's Passing

A 19-year-old and 14-year-old were taken in by San Diego police for a shooting that took the rising San Diego MC's life.

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Alo Bandz tragically passed away after a February shooting, and officials recently arrested two teens in connection to the murder. Moreover, police took Julian James Vargas, 19, and a 14-year-old, whose name was not disclosed, for being suspects in shooting the rising San Diego rapper. Bandz, real name Caesar Lopez-Sandoval, was 22 years old at the time of his death. Furthermore, said arrests took place on Thursday (April 6), and both young men await their fates while under police custody. Also, said attack occurred in the Clairemont area park and resulted in yet another promising career cut tragically short.

To elaborate, authorities found Alo Bandz on a patch of grass near some bleachers at the North Clairemont Recreation Center. From what reports indicate, officials found him alive as he struggled to breathe due to multiple shots to his chest. According to San Diego Police Department Lieutenant Steve Shebloski, the rapper was rushed to a local hospital by emergency respondents, where he was pronounced deceased. In addition, the lieutenant gave some details about the incident as the teenagers presumably await trial and sentencing following their arrest.

Suspects In Alo Bandz Murder Arrested By San Diego Police

Furthermore, Shebloski believes that Alo Bandz and the two suspects got into a fight at the park during midday. However, he could not provide details as to what motivated the scuffle, only that it resulted in firearms coming out. After the two teens presumably shot the rapper, families and young children quickly fled the scene and scattered across the park. With that chaos in mind, Vargas and his cohort escaped the premises and left Bandz's body at the scene. Then, upon responding to the incident, police interviewed various witnesses to the crime and promptly took both suspects into custody.

All this information came through reports from the San Diego Union-Tribune. In a press release from the police department, Lieutenant Adam Sharki revealed that they took Vargas in at around 8:00 a.m. on Thursday (April 6) under suspicion of murder. Given he's over 18 as opposed to his co-suspect, Vargas was booked in county jail. He now faces arraingement in the San Diego Superior Court on Monday afternoon (April 10). Meanwhile, the minor that's suspected of murder fell under police custody at around 9:00 a.m. the same day. He is now in a juvenile hall. For more on the Alo Bandz case, log back into HNHH.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.