A family dispute in Phoenix on the evening of February 3, 2024, ended with 32-year-old Jose Angel Ruiz Leyva shot and killed after an argument with his 20-year-old stepson, Jorge Adrian Ramirez. The two men had a verbal fight at a residence that continued onto the street as they left in separate vehicles. The confrontation escalated into a road rage incident at 40th Avenue and Hadley Street when Ruiz Leyva allegedly brake-checked Ramirez. Ramirez then exited his car, approached his stepfather’s vehicle, and fired multiple shots into it.

Ruiz Leyva was found with at least one gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital, where he died. Surveillance footage and vehicle registration led police to Ramirez, who was arrested the next day and, according to reports, confessed, saying he used his mother’s gun and cited alleged physical abuse of his mother as his motive; his mother later corroborated that abuse to police. Ramirez was booked on second-degree murder and unlawful discharge of a firearm.

If anyone saw the confrontation at 40th Avenue and Hadley Street or the vehicles involved, please share what was seen with Phoenix police.