Nicholas William Berg, 22, was found fatally shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 12, 2021, in Yuma, Arizona. Emergency services responded to the 100 block of South 10th Avenue after a call and discovered Berg unresponsive; despite medical attention at the scene he was pronounced dead. Authorities are treating the shooting as a homicide and opened a full investigation.

A 42-year-old man who was at the scene was taken into custody by the Yuma Police Department; investigators have not released the person’s name or explained his relationship to Berg. Berg had been born in San Diego and later moved to Yuma, where he was a student at Arizona Western College studying toward a career in business management. He graduated from Gila Ridge High School in 2018 and was remembered by family and friends as kind and protective of those he cared about.

The investigation remains ongoing. If anyone has information about that morning or knew Nicholas, please come forward to assist investigators.