Syncere Ellington was a 19-year-old Black male from Phoenix who died on February 8, 2025, after gunfire following an underage party in Casa Grande. Police were called about 1:10 a.m. to the area near McMurray Boulevard and Pinal Avenue, with the shooting reported in the 500 block of West 13th Place. Officers found six people shot; Ellington died of an apparent gunshot wound and five others, teenagers and young adults, were taken or flown to Valley-area hospitals.

Witnesses described a sudden, intense burst of gunfire and someone running through an alley; one resident who found Ellington believed he was already gone.

Casa Grande police said there were no outstanding threats and did not identify suspects or a motive. No arrests had been announced and detectives asked anyone with information to contact the department or Silent Witness. Did anyone in Casa Grande see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?