On the evening of August 6, 2018, 21-year-old Jeffrey Edgar Lee O’Connell was found shot multiple times in the driver’s seat of a parked Jeep on the 1800 block of W. Charleston Avenue in north Phoenix. Responding officers pronounced him dead at the scene after a dispute between O’Connell and 20-year-old Ethaniel Isaiah Anselmo escalated into gunfire.

Witnesses said the two men were known to each other and that Anselmo walked toward the driver’s side while firing a handgun repeatedly; a nearby family with a 19-month-old child took cover as the shots rang out. Investigators recovered text messages in which Anselmo allegedly threatened to kill O’Connell and later sent a message saying he had killed him.

Anselmo was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a dangerous instrument, and discharging a firearm at a residence; he was booked with bond set at $1 million. Anyone who knew Jeffrey or who witnessed the shooting is asked to come forward with information.