Charles Greenberg was found dead along Summit Road near Central Avenue and Phoenix South Mountain Park in the early morning of February 9, 2020. The 21-year-old White man had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:20 a.m. Identification proved difficult at first; a Phoenix Police forensic artist produced 3D images from crime scene photos that emphasized his distinctive tattoos, including a green and red star on his hand and a Taurus tattoo on his left shoulder, and those images helped confirm his identity.

Ballistics linked the murder weapon to other shootings and focused investigators on two 22-year-old suspects, J. Money Alfaro and John Christian Gonzales. The probe uncovered a dispute over firearms: Alfaro, a convicted felon, had obtained several guns through Gonzales and Greenberg had been given those guns to sell but reportedly was not paid. Gonzales admitted during questioning to shooting Greenberg twice while he was on the ground, and Alfaro was also implicated; the autopsy found Greenberg had been shot eight or nine times. Both men were held on $1,000,000 cash bond for first-degree murder.

If anyone knew Charles, his movements that night, or has information about the firearms dispute, please share what is known.