On October 28, 2017, a house party in the 1600 block of North Highland Avenue in Tucson was interrupted when four uninvited men tried to enter at about 1:00 a.m. When they were refused entry an argument in front of the house escalated, witnesses said, and the men fired shots into the air before opening fire on partygoers. Peter Ortiz, 25, and another man were struck; both were taken to a hospital, and Ortiz died of his gunshot wounds several hours later while the other victim’s injuries were stabilized and described as non-life-threatening.

Witnesses described the assailants as possibly Hispanic and affiliated with a gang. Tucson Police identified a suspect and, on November 3, 2017, with U.S. Marshals assistance, arrested 20-year-old Bernard Deshon Rayford at a South Side residence; he was booked on a felony warrant for one count of First Degree Murder and one count of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

Did anyone at the party or nearby that night notice people arriving or leaving that might help clarify what led to the shooting?