Seventeen-year-old Francisco Ramon Santamaria Aguirre, known as Sisco, was killed in a parking-lot shooting in Tucson on the evening of April 5, 2021. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. at an apartment complex at 41 S. Shannon Road after a confrontation that escalated to exchanged gunfire. Santamaria Aguirre was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital by a private vehicle with multiple occupants and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. A 25-year-old man was also wounded; he attempted to drive away but crashed into a utility pole at Broadway and Shannon and was taken to Banner University Medical Center.

Born March 27, 2004, Santamaria Aguirre is remembered by family as joyful, kind-hearted and protective of those close to him. Tucson Police detectives opened an investigation and said gunfire was exchanged during the confrontation, but no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests were announced. If anyone has information about the April 5 shooting, please contact Tucson police.