Edward Dalton Decker was 27 when he was killed by gunfire in the early morning hours of July 9, 2018, on Tucson’s northwest side. Deputies were dispatched around 1 a.m. to reports of shots in the area of the 5000 block of North Myakka Avenue and the 2600 block of West Diamond Street near the I-10 and Ruthrauff Road corridor. Responding deputies located Decker at the scene with at least one apparent gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead there.

At the same location deputies found another man, identified in news coverage as Robert Allen Oliver Jr., suffering injuries from the same incident; he was taken to hospital. Around the same time Northwest Medical Center reported another gunshot patient arrived, but deputies said they were unsure whether that injury was connected to Decker’s shooting. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department homicide unit took over the investigation and asked anyone with information to contact authorities.

Decker was later buried at South Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Tucson. Family and friends remembered him online as a beloved relative and a fundraiser noted his death was unexpected amid repeated losses for the family.

If anyone knew Edward, was in that neighborhood the night of July 9, 2018, or has information about this shooting, please come forward.