Shortly before 4:00 a.m. on August 16, 2024, a violent altercation near East Speedway Boulevard and North Stone Avenue in Tucson left 46-year-old Aaron Taber Boatner fatally wounded. Police found multiple victims at the scene; a 57-year-old man with gunshot trauma was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and Boatner was located just east of the intersection with life-threatening gunshot wounds. Despite aid from officers and Tucson Fire Department personnel, Boatner was pronounced dead at the scene. A third victim, a 44-year-old man, was later found at a nearby residence on North 6th Avenue with gunshot wounds to his lower extremities and was in stable condition.

Homicide detectives say the shooting followed an altercation that escalated when a suspect fired a gun. Officers later identified 21-year-old Rogelio Rene Pacheco as the primary suspect; he was located near downtown Tucson and taken into custody on September 5 and booked on a warrant for second-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Authorities say they are finalizing the investigation and are not seeking additional suspects in Boatner’s death.

Did anyone in the Tucson area witness the altercation or see activity near East Speedway and North Stone Avenue that morning?