A party in Phoenix turned deadly in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 22, 2020, when 23-year-old Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Gamboa was shot and killed at an apartment near 59th Avenue and McDowell Road. Phoenix Police found Sanchez-Gamboa with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators reported that Sanchez-Gamboa and 29-year-old Fausto Francisco Galindo-Gonzalez had been handling a firearm belonging to Galindo-Gonzalez when the weapon discharged, striking Sanchez-Gamboa. Galindo-Gonzalez was arrested and charged with manslaughter and being a prohibited possessor of a firearm. Authorities said the two men were acquainted and the investigation remained active.

If anyone attended that gathering or has information about what happened that night, please share what is known with investigators.