Joseph Ayala Maya, a 20-year-old Hispanic/Latino man from Harrisburg, was shot and killed on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, after a violent confrontation inside a home on South 13th Street. Police were called about 3:30 p.m.; Ayala Maya was found lying between two parked vehicles in the Park Apartments lot near South 15th Street and was already deceased when officers arrived. The autopsy found a gunshot wound to the back behind the left shoulder that passed through both lungs and exited the right chest; the pathologist concluded the shot was fired from more than three to four feet away and from a higher position, and ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators established that the shooting began inside 1405 South 13th Street, where blood, a red metal baseball bat, bloodstains on stairs and a bullet hole on the second floor were documented. Video showed Ayala Maya running from the house, leaving a shoe behind. The case centered on Jomar Perez-Escobales and Savannah Nieves; Nieves testified Perez-Escobales confronted her and Ayala Maya, brandished a bat, then a black 9 mm gun, and fired as Ayala Maya fled. Perez-Escobales testified he believed Ayala Maya grabbed for his gun and denied intent to kill; a jury convicted him of third-degree murder in July 2024 and he was later sentenced.

Does anyone have information about Ayala Maya’s movements in Harrisburg that afternoon or saw the red Nissan Maxima linked to him?