On New Year’s Eve evening, a shooting at an apartment complex near Cave Creek and Greenway roads in Phoenix left 32-year-old Edi Ruiz dead. Officers responding to a call around 5 p.m. found Ruiz inside one of the units with a fatal gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives took over and worked through the first 24 hours of the new year.

Investigators identified 22-year-old Jose Gonzales-Hernandez, who lived with Ruiz as one of seven roommates, as the primary person of interest. A roommate reported hearing Ruiz and Gonzales-Hernandez talking in Ruiz’s bedroom just before a single gunshot. Witnesses said Gonzales-Hernandez was seen leaving with a black backpack and fleeing on a bicycle; his cell phone was later tracked about three and a half miles away. Undercover officers located and arrested him without incident; he was booked on a charge of second-degree murder and declined to speak to police. The motive remains unknown.