A drug transaction in west Phoenix turned deadly in the early morning of April 21, 2018. At about 1:45 a.m. 21-year-old Joshua Torres, a Hispanic man, arranged to meet two people near 83rd Avenue and Indian School Road to sell illegal drugs. During the meeting the situation escalated and two men shot Torres. He was found inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds and later pronounced dead.

An associate, Kameron Taylor Johnson, was with Torres and reportedly fired at the fleeing suspects after the shooting. Johnson left the scene but later surrendered and was arrested on multiple charges that included murder, discharging a firearm within city limits, possession of drugs for sale, and a weapons violation for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. The two men who actually shot Torres were described as African American and were last seen leaving in a light-colored sedan; they remained unidentified.

Anyone with information about the two men who shot Joshua Torres or their vehicle is asked to come forward.