On the night of June 21, 2021, a confrontation at an apartment complex in Sierra Vista, Arizona, ended with 23-year-old Luis Armenta Rivas shot three times and later pronounced dead. Loreto Jr. lived with his girlfriend and their young daughter. Armenta Rivas entered the apartment, an argument spilled outside, and Loreto fired six times from about 14 feet, striking Armenta Rivas three times. A Beretta found next to Armenta Rivas, later secured by an off-duty Border Patrol agent, had not been fired and still contained 15 rounds.

An autopsy reported Armenta Rivas had a blood alcohol concentration of .101 and tested positive for alprazolam, cannabinoids, and a cocaine metabolite. The Sierra Vista Police Department investigated, and the Cochise County Attorney’s Office later declined to file charges against Loreto, citing insufficient evidence to overcome a self-defense claim under Arizona’s stand your ground law. Does anyone have information about Armenta Rivas’s movements that night or witnessed the confrontation?