On March 24, 2020, Los Angeles police responded to a call about a man with a gun at an event featuring former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Los Angeles. The man was identified as 32-year-old Jose Ortega, who was arrested without incident. The event was held in support of Proposition 64, a measure to legalize recreational marijuana, and was attended by several political candidates and advocates. No shots were fired and no one was injured in the incident. Ortega was booked for possessing a loaded firearm on school grounds and was later released on $35,000 bail.
