On the afternoon of June 1, 2025, 18-year-old Braden Johnson Begay was shot and killed in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 201 West Blacklidge Drive in Tucson. First responders found Begay unresponsive from gunshot trauma; officers provided first aid until paramedics arrived, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives determined Begay had arranged to meet another male in the parking lot for a narcotics-related transaction. A confrontation escalated into an exchange of gunfire in which both Begay and the other man were struck. The injured man left the scene and was later located at a nearby residence with non-life-threatening injuries; investigators identified him through witness interviews and surveillance footage as 19-year-old Manuel Phillip Navarro.

Navarro was charged with 1st Degree Murder, Narcotic Sales, Possession of a Weapon During a Narcotic Offense, and Armed Robbery. After treatment for his injuries he was booked into the Pima County Jail on $1,000,000 bond. Does anyone have information about this meeting or the events in the apartment complex parking lot?