On the evening of September 17, 2022, 19-year-old Joshua Fletcher was found slumped over in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that had crashed into a dirt mound near 83rd Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road in Phoenix, Arizona. Officers responding to a call at about 10:50 p.m. discovered Fletcher suffering from a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was one of three separate fatal shootings in Phoenix that night, four deaths in all, and the circumstances leading up to the shooting remain unclear.

The Phoenix Police Department says the investigation is ongoing. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. Anyone with information about what happened that night is asked to contact the Phoenix Police Department or submit an anonymous tip through Silent Witness. Interested readers who knew Joshua or saw activity in that area that evening are asked to come forward with information.