A fatal shooting on the night of December 6, 2025, left a Sun City man dead in a residential El Mirage neighborhood. Shortly before 11:00 p.m., officers responding to reports of gunfire at Dysart and Cactus Roads found 46-year-old Rocky Hernandez Soto Sr lying in the street near a vehicle on the 12900 block of West Laurel Lane. Emergency personnel and the El Mirage Fire Department attempted lifesaving measures, but Soto Sr succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators cordoned off the area to collect evidence. A teenage male at the scene surrendered without incident and was booked; police identified him as a family member of the victim but withheld the name because he is a minor. Detectives continued working in the days after the shooting to determine what led to the killing.

If anyone has information about the events on December 6 near Dysart and Cactus or knew Rocky Hernandez Soto Sr, please come forward to the El Mirage Police Department.