After much speculation that Junior was a good boy and affiliated with an NYPD program, it has been revealed he was at the very least affiliated with rival gang members. Various friends were in local gangs, and it believed that the "mistaken identity" rumor was made up. Junior was believed to have been present at the scene where a Trinitarios member was shot just 1 day prior.

When Trinitaros members were given the word to seek and kill Sunset gang members, it is believed they were retaliating against those who were present the day before.