Shortly after midnight on August 30, 2024, Phoenix police responded to reports of gunfire at the Circle K near 17th Avenue and Van Buren Street and found 22-year-old Jesus Erlandson-Gonzales Jr. and another man lying in the parking lot with gunshot wounds. Phoenix Fire Department personnel pronounced both men dead at the scene.

Homicide detectives processed the parking lot, collected surveillance footage from the Circle K and nearby properties, and compiled a reconstruction. Family tributes describe Erlandson-Gonzales as outgoing, protective, and a devoted father, brother, and uncle. If anyone witnessed the confrontation or has information about the events that led to the shooting, please come forward.