Steven Baptisto-Mahle was 16 when he was shot and killed in Phoenix just before midnight on January 17, 2021. Officers responding to a reported shooting at 31st Avenue and Rose Lane found him in the roadway with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital by Phoenix Fire Department personnel and was pronounced dead there.

Police treated the incident as a homicide and sought public help in the weeks afterward. By February 2021 a reward of up to $10,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest; that reward was later increased to $11,000.

If anyone knows anything about what happened on the night of January 17, 2021, or saw activity near 31st Avenue and Rose Lane, please come forward with information.