Agustin Bustamante was 42 when he was fatally shot on the balcony of his Super 8 Motel room near Interstate 17 and Northern Avenue in Phoenix in the early morning of September 12, 2020. The shooting happened about 5:30 a.m.; the shooter fled before officers arrived. Bustamante, described as a Hispanic male known by the nicknames Fito and Porky, was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries.

The Phoenix Police Department’s Violent Crimes Bureau opened an investigation and identified a suspect. On September 17, 2020, 37-year-old Carlos Ramirez was arrested and charged with murder and misconduct involving weapons; he was the only person publicly identified as a suspect at that time. Authorities continued to ask the public for information about the shooting.

If anyone has information about Bustamante’s death or witnessed activity at the motel that morning, please come forward.