Malachi Tyler Henningham, 17, was shot and killed late on May 28, 2024, in Phoenix. Police first responded around 11:30 p.m. to a report of a person shot near 13000 South 48th Street and found a teenage boy who was taken to a hospital. Officers later located a vehicle that had struck a tree outside a popular frozen custard shop in an Ahwatukee shopping center; the car was described as riddled with bullets. Malachi Henningham was found inside the vehicle with at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Family and friends held a vigil remembering him as a loving son, teammate, and friend and said he had become a father two months earlier to a son named Messiah. The Phoenix Police Department is investigating; no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. Detectives asked anyone with information to contact Silent Witness, and the family has a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw activity near the Ahwatukee shopping center, please share tips with investigators or Silent Witness.