Erin Carrillo Felix was 17 when he was fatally shot on the evening of May 9, 2021, at about 8:30 p.m. The shooting happened at Desert West Park near 67th Avenue and Thomas Road in Phoenix. Phoenix fire crews who responded pronounced him dead. Family members described Erin as joyful with a contagious laugh who loved his cousins and siblings; they set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses and appealed for witnesses after the killing.

No suspects were publicly identified and no arrests have been announced in Erin’s case. The family’s grief deepened months later when Erin’s father, Jorge Curo Escarinho, was shot and killed on November 13, 2021; his death also remains unsolved. Does anyone who was near Desert West Park that evening or remembers seeing Erin have information that could help investigators?