Titus Thomas Jr., 23, was killed in a shooting in west Phoenix in the early hours of Friday, April 10, 2026. Officers responded to reports of shots fired and found Thomas with a gunshot wound near 83rd Avenue and Indian School Road at about 3:30 a.m. Phoenix Fire Department personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Witnesses reported multiple vehicles fleeing the area at high speed after the shooting. One of those vehicles lost control and struck a nearby home; investigators have not released the extent of that vehicle’s connection to the homicide. No suspect has been arrested and the Phoenix Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact investigators or submit an anonymous tip to Silent Witness.

Are there readers who were in the 83rd Avenue and Indian School Road area that morning or who saw the fleeing vehicles and can provide details to investigators?