In the early morning hours of August 16, 2022, 30-year-old Andrew Jamal Hodge was found inside a vehicle near North Ninth Avenue and West Flores Street in Tucson with gunshot wounds. Officers who responded to reports of gunfire around 1:40 a.m. pronounced Hodge dead at the scene; investigators described the shooting as not random, though a specific motive was not released.

Police identified 32-year-old Anthony Marcell Coleman as the sole suspect and located him on September 23, 2022, at a residence on the 800 block of East Linden Street. With SWAT, air support, and K-9 units assisting, officers arrested Coleman without incident; he was booked into the Pima County Jail on charges of first-degree murder and a parole violation, with bond set at over $1 million.

Records cited in the investigation show Coleman had prior convictions in Pima County: a 2009 drug conviction (one year served), a 2014 theft conviction (two-and-a-half years served), and a 2018 weapons conviction (four-and-a-half years served). He had been released from prison in May 2022 and was wanted for a parole violation at the time of Hodge’s death.

Family members remembered Hodge as a loving son, nephew, and cousin who often wore a warm smile; they established a funeral fund after his death. If anyone has information about Andrew Hodge or the circumstances of the shooting, please come forward.