Brandon Van, 38, was killed in Mesa, Arizona on October 26, 2020, after an encounter with four people who had already committed an armed robbery earlier that day. The group — identified in reports as 18-year-old Jaquan Jaheem Bailey, 18-year-old Stephon Mitchell, 38-year-old Vincent Culbreath, and 37-year-old Ashley Herrell — reportedly robbed a convenience store first, then ran into Van near 1700 W. Bentley around noon. They asked him for directions, then pursued him, fired at him as he tried to take cover behind a planter, and after he surrendered his backpack he was assaulted and shot multiple times at close range.

The suspects fled and continued a spree that included stealing four tires from a home in east Mesa, an attempted armed robbery in Guadalupe where a woman who intervened was critically injured but expected to survive, and a shooting during a gun dispute in Phoenix that led to the group’s arrest. All four were booked into jail on charges including first-degree murder and armed robbery, with additional charges possible for the other incidents that day.

Does anyone have information about Brandon Van’s movements around 1700 W. Bentley on October 26, 2020, or witnessed the group in that neighborhood?