In the early morning hours of April 2, 2022, a large party at a vacant house near 44th Street and Southern Avenue in Phoenix ended in gunfire that killed 18-year-old Bryson Footracer. Phoenix police say they responded about 3:15 a.m., found evidence of a shooting, and were later told two male victims had been taken to separate hospitals. Footracer died at the hospital; another 18-year-old male suffered non-life-threatening injuries and survived.

The Phoenix Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked anyone with information to contact them or submit anonymous tips to the Silent Witness program. Details about Footracer’s ethnicity have not been released.

If anyone attended that party or has information about the shooting, please contact the Phoenix Police Department or Silent Witness.