On the evening of July 6, 2021, gunfire inside an apartment near Broadway Road and 24th Street in Mesa, Arizona left two young men dead and a third wounded. Eighteen-year-old Michael Benitez was one of the two fatalities; a 16-year-old male also died, and a 15-year-old male survived and was treated as a witness. All three victims were taken to a nearby hospital where Michael Benitez and the 16-year-old were pronounced dead.

Police opened a double-homicide investigation, but the circumstances leading up to the shooting, the motive, and who was responsible have not been released. If anyone has information about that night or knew Michael Benitez, please come forward with what you know.