A summer 2024 shooting in Phoenix left 62-year-old Jose Perez Olvera dead. On the morning of July 24, police were called to a residence near 48th Avenue and Holly Street about 9:55 a.m. After officers arrived, they found Olvera with a critical gunshot wound; Phoenix Fire Department personnel pronounced him deceased at the scene.

Witnesses told investigators that a known adult male fled before officers arrived. Homicide detectives focused their investigation on the neighborhood near 51st Avenue and McDowell Road as they worked to identify the person responsible. The investigation identified 20-year-old Miguel Angel Rievoles Perez as a suspect. On the evening of July 26, Rievoles Perez surrendered to Border Patrol agents at the Nogales Port of Entry, was turned over to Phoenix detectives, and was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on charges of second-degree murder and discharging a firearm within city limits.

If anyone in Maryvale saw activity around 48th Avenue and Holly Street on the morning of July 24 or has information about the events leading up to Olvera’s death, please share what is known.