Jesus Isaac Velazquez was 34 when he was shot and killed on June 7, 2019, in Phoenix. Around 3 p.m., he was walking near 67th Avenue and Indian School Road when an unknown man began shooting at him. Velazquez ran through a furniture store parking lot while the assailant chased and fired; witnesses said Velazquez fell after being struck and was shot again while wounded. He was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.

Witnesses provided a license plate that led police to the driver who had picked up the shooter. That driver said the passenger, identified as 26-year-old Victor Garcia, had called for a ride after the shooting and had been seen chasing and shooting the victim; Garcia did not speak about the killing in the vehicle. Garcia was arrested the next morning at his Tolleson residence and booked on one count of first-degree murder; bond was set at $1 million. Court papers state Garcia was a previously deported felon. The motive for the killing of this father of four remains unclear.

Anyone who knew Jesus, saw the area that afternoon, or has information about what led to the shooting is asked to come forward.