A neighborhood argument in Surprise, Arizona, turned deadly in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. At about 5:30 a.m. near Greenway Road and Grand Avenue, 20-year-old Xavier Elias was shot multiple times during a confrontation with a neighbor, 39-year-old Manuel Vera Gonzales. Elias was taken to a local hospital by friends but was pronounced dead.

Witnesses said words had been exchanged between Elias and Gonzales throughout the evening. Gonzales told investigators he and friends had been sitting around a fire and that Elias pointed a gun at him; police say Gonzales retrieved an AR-15 he had staged in his yard and an exchange of gunfire followed. After interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence, detectives arrested Gonzales and booked him on a charge of second-degree murder. Authorities described the shooting as an isolated incident and said there was no further threat to the community.

If anyone saw or has information about the confrontation near Greenway Road and Grand Avenue that night, please share what you know.