Ildefonso Bustamante, 42, was found dead from a gunshot wound near an apartment complex at 32nd Street and Sheridan Street in Phoenix early on February 19, 2022. A witness discovered his body and called police at about 8:30 a.m., but homicide detectives determined the shooting took place much earlier, around 2:20 a.m., after an altercation.

Investigators say Bustamante had been involved in an argument or fight with a group of people at a nearby strip mall just before the fatal shot. In the days after the shooting, police arrested 21-year-old Jose Cesaros Ibarra and booked him on charges of misconduct involving weapons, identifying him as a participant in Bustamante’s killing. The full circumstances of the confrontation and the roles of any others present remain under investigation.

If anyone saw activity around the strip mall or the intersection of 32nd Street and Sheridan Street on the morning of February 19, 2022, please come forward with information.