On December 17, 2017, Joseph Benjamin Roosevelt, 37, was fatally shot inside the Maverick Bar on South 4th Avenue in Yuma, Arizona. First responders found him after 12:30 a.m.; he was taken to Yuma Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead from his injuries.

Yuma Police say an altercation inside the bar led to the shooting. Authorities identified 38-year-old Carlos Moreno Leal Jr. as a suspect, located him near the bar, and took him into custody. Leal Jr. was booked on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with Roosevelt’s death and later convicted and sentenced to natural life in prison. An appeal was later filed over a restitution order for Roosevelt’s funeral expenses paid by the Quechan Indian Tribe; the court upheld that order.

If anyone who knew Joseph Roosevelt or who was at the Maverick Bar that night has information, please share it with Yuma Police.