Jose “JD” Arvizu, 33, was shot to death in the early morning hours of June 22, 2017, on a darkened roadway in Hereford, a community south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. The shooter was identified as Roger Delane Wilson. The two men had a history of animosity; just days earlier Arvizu struck Wilson in the face during an argument witnessed by several people. That night they exchanged heated words at a mutual acquaintance’s home and were told to leave. Wilson went to his mother’s nearby house and, while standing by his truck attempting to unlock a gate, fired a single shotgun blast that struck Arvizu in the chest.

Wilson was taken into custody and claimed he acted in self-defense, saying he believed he and his mother were in imminent danger. An autopsy showed Arvizu had a toxic concentration of methamphetamine in his system. A jury rejected the self-defense claim and convicted Wilson of first-degree murder with premeditation in 2020, and he was sentenced to natural life in prison. The Court of Appeals later reviewed aspects of the jury instructions and ordered a new trial.