Overview

• Efrain Villalobos, 38, was taken into custody on August 3 in Redondo Beach and is accused of shooting Fernando Ramirez in the lower back after Ramirez’s car plowed into a crowd outside the Vermont Hollywood nightclub.
• Fernando Ramirez remains jailed on $37 million bail and faces 74 counts—37 counts each of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon—for injuring 37 pedestrians on July 19.
• No fatalities resulted from the incident, and seven victims were reported in critical condition after Ramirez’s vehicle struck the crowd near Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.
• LAPD detectives identified Villalobos using surveillance images released at the end of July and had warned he was armed and dangerous before his arrest.
• City officials have launched a review of pedestrian safety and crowd control policies in busy nightlife districts to prevent similar mass casualty events.