In the early morning hours of May 24, 2022, 27-year-old Patrick Pierson was shot and killed near 20th Street and Palm Lane in Phoenix. Officers responding to a report of a theft from a vehicle found Pierson inside a crashed vehicle at about 4:50 a.m., suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Phoenix Fire Department medics pronounced him deceased at the scene.

Pierson got into his own vehicle and attempted to drive away; he was shot during that attempt and his vehicle crashed a short distance later. The two adult male suspects remained at the location, were detained by officers, and were booked on 2nd Degree Murder in connection with the shooting.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation near 20th Street and Palm Lane that morning or has information about what happened, please share what you know.