Avrum Diaz, 29, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of July 27, 2018, in the parking lot of the Casa Blanca Hookah Lounge on East Speedway Boulevard in Tucson. He was preparing to enter the lounge with friends when an altercation with another group escalated into an exchange of gunfire. Diaz was struck by multiple bullets and died at the scene despite aid from friends and first responders.

The Tucson Police Department’s Gang Unit led the investigation, treating the shooting as gang-related. Suspects left the scene immediately; investigators pursued several leads and identified a suspect. On August 1, 2018, Dominic Blount was arrested in Tucson by the U.S. Marshals Service Arizona WANTED Violent Offender Task Force at a residence, taken into custody without incident. A man was later sentenced to six years in prison for his role in the fatal shooting.

Did anyone in Tucson know Diaz or witness the events at the lounge that night?