Ilya Mike Shimonov was 32 when he was shot in the parking lot of the Hyatt Place Hotel near Old Town Scottsdale on the evening of January 3, 2022. Officers found him with life-threatening injuries; he was transported to a nearby hospital and later died of his wounds. The Scottsdale Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Detectives followed leads across multiple states, including California, Nevada, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. On January 12, 2022, 41-year-old Robert Yves Celifie was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two days later, on January 14, 2022, 41-year-old Chaze M. Cable was arrested in Texarkana, Arkansas. Both men were booked on serious felony charges, among them first-degree murder, in connection with Shimonov’s killing. The shooting also raised questions about security at the hotel where it occurred.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at the Hyatt Place on January 3 or has information about the events leading up to it, please come forward.