Jessica Lynn Velasquez, 55, was killed in an early morning shooting in Phoenix on June 3, 2023. Officers on patrol near 29th Avenue and Bell Road heard multiple gunshots around 3:15 a.m. and found three people shot. Velasquez and a 65-year-old man, Jerry Carter, were pronounced dead at the scene; a third woman was wounded and expected to survive.

Police say a 20-year-old man, identified as Jermaine Smith, fled on foot but was chased and taken into custody. Investigators report Smith had interacted with the three victims before producing a handgun and opening fire; evidence at the scene and Smith’s partial admissions led to murder charges.

Velasquez lived in Sun City and is survived by two sons, Dallas and Mathew, her mother Deborah Lynn, and siblings Michael, Gweniviere, Jonathan, Andrew, and Alysha. Does anyone have information about the victims or the events near 29th Avenue and Bell Road that night?