On the evening of January 8, 2018, a burst of gunfire inside an apartment at 5171 East 29th Street in midtown Tucson left 37-year-old Christopher Gentry dead and two other men seriously wounded. Officers responding to multiple gunshot reports at about 8:00 p.m. found Gentry with obvious gunshot trauma and pronounced him dead at the scene. Two other men struck by gunfire were located at neighboring apartment complexes and taken to a hospital with serious injuries.

Detectives concluded the shooting began during an altercation inside the apartment and was not random. Investigators say 34-year-old William Palmer entered the unit and immediately began firing, striking Gentry and another man; during the struggle others wrestled for the gun and Palmer was shot before fleeing. Palmer was located on March 14, 2018, at a local hotel and later booked on first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and weapons charges following his release from the hospital.

If anyone saw or has information about events at the 29th Street apartment that night, please come forward.