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David Ruggiero was 17 when he was found wounded and later died in a parking lot on North Wilmot Road in Tucson around 5:20 a.m. on November 20, 2019. His family had reported him missing earlier that day after he left home around 1:30 a.m.; he called his brother about 4 a.m. saying he was visiting a girl and would be home within an hour but never returned.

Two arrests were made in the weeks after the killing: 22-year-old Jose Manuel Aguirre was taken into custody on December 6, 2019, and 17-year-old Jonathan O. Gallardo was arrested on December 16, 2019. Both were charged with first-degree murder and other crimes, and authorities tied them to a separate shooting hours after Ruggiero’s death in which another man was wounded.

Ruggiero’s family had recently moved to Vail from Phoenix. His aunt organized a GoFundMe to cover funeral costs and return his body to Phoenix; the campaign exceeded its goal. He was remembered as someone who enjoyed making music and liked ‘‘cool’’ cars. Does anyone have information about David’s movements that night or knew where he was headed?