Ricky Elam Jr., 35, was shot and killed inside a home on the 5600 block of South 13th Place in south Phoenix on June 25, 2018. He had gone to the residence with his friend 28-year-old Ja’Cory Ranger; both men were found inside the house by responding officers after neighbors reported hearing gunshots. Phoenix Fire personnel pronounced them dead at the scene. A third person, later identified as Marcus Demery, was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds tied to the same incident.

Memorials describe Elam, nicknamed Duke, as a funny, loving and hard-working irrigation technician for AAA Landscaping and a father of nine; his youngest child was born only weeks after his death. Investigators said an argument inside the home escalated into a physical fight and then gunfire, and authorities identified 38-year-old Terrance Shonray Lamb as the primary suspect, saying he fled the scene in a stolen vehicle. A reward was offered for information leading to his arrest, and Lamb was later arrested outside Arizona in March 2019 on an outstanding warrant charging him in the double homicide and related counts. Family members from both sides spoke at a sentencing hearing about the devastation left by the killings before the judge imposed a prison term.

If anyone knew Ricky, Ja’Cory, or the events at that house on June 25, 2018, please share information that could help fill gaps in the timeline.