Seventeen-year-old Ashtin Raische Evans was shot multiple times on the evening of April 27, 2026, while walking to a store with a friend near El Mirage and Cactus roads in El Mirage, Arizona. First responders gave aid and he was taken to a local hospital, where he died. Another juvenile was wounded in the same shooting and was taken to hospital with injuries that were expected to be nonfatal.

The El Mirage Police Department received several 911 calls reporting gunfire just before 8 p.m. An arrest followed: 17-year-old Schiloh Albin Niyibizi of Surprise was taken into custody on April 29 and booked into the Maricopa County Juvenile Detention Facility. Niyibizi faces charges including second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and additional felony and misdemeanor counts. The investigation remains ongoing.

Family and friends held a vigil at Buena Vida Park, a place Ashtin was known to visit, to mourn his death. If anyone who knew Ashtin or witnessed the shooting has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.