On September 29, 2019, 24-year-old Khalil Evans was shot multiple times at the Coral Point Apartments on West Main Street in Mesa, Arizona. He was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries and died shortly after arrival.

Investigators focused on a single suspect, 24-year-old Jesse Hernandez, Evans’s brother-in-law. Hernandez went to the complex to visit his estranged wife; Evans was present. Police say Hernandez was leaving when Evans approached him about a missing key and that the interaction escalated. Hernandez later walked into the Phoenix Police Department and admitted his involvement; Mesa detectives took him into custody. He acknowledged being at the apartment, possessing a firearm, and firing it during the confrontation. The handgun allegedly used was recovered.

Hernandez was charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of misconduct involving weapons. The shooting left a family fractured by violence. If anyone has information about the events at Coral Point Apartments that afternoon, please share what is known.