On the morning of Saturday, June 15, 2024, 20-year-old Damarion Tishawn Thornton was shot at the TA Truck Stop at 2949 N. Toltec Rd. in Eloy, Arizona. Officers arrived after a report of an active shooter at about 10:12 AM and found Thornton with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to Banner Casa Grande Hospital by Eloy Fire District medics but was pronounced dead there; the death is described as caused by gun violence.

A 22-year-old man from Eloy, identified as Cary Davis Jr., was taken into custody at the scene and booked into the Pinal County Jail on charges that included Second Degree Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Disorderly Conduct with a Weapon. The Eloy Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit is investigating and states it believes there are no other outstanding suspects and no ongoing public threat.

Thornton was born September 12, 2003, in Mesa, Arizona, attended schools in Eloy and Casa Grande, worked on an assembly line at Lucid Motors and helped in his family’s food truck. He enjoyed cars, the outdoors, and raising reptiles and dogs, and is remembered as a loyal young man. If anyone was at the TA Truck Stop that morning or has information about what happened, please come forward.