Denise Duran was shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 404 Española St. SE near Zuni Road and Louisiana Boulevard just before midnight on June 25, 2025. APD’s ShotSpotter recorded two volleys about ten seconds apart around 11:25 p.m.; officers found Duran in the lot and she later died at a hospital. Witnesses described a sudden burst of gunfire, and investigators say someone in a red Dodge Charger fired the first rounds before a resident stepped outside and returned fire as the Charger fled.

Detectives used license-plate readers and surveillance video to trace the Charger. Authorities arrested 54-year-old Erick Pacheco in early July after linking him and the vehicle to video and records, and charged him with first-degree murder and related offenses. A second suspect, 21-year-old Joseph Carlos Rivera, was identified as the alleged primary shooter and was arrested July 16 on multiple charges including murder and shooting at or from a motor vehicle.

Did anyone in the area see the red Dodge Charger that night or have information about where it had been earlier in the evening?