On the evening of May 18, 2017, Jorge Alcantar, 31, was shot to death inside a home near Southern Avenue and Mesa Drive in Mesa, Arizona. Mesa police responded about 8 p.m. to reports of a possible shooting on East 8th Drive; officers found Jorge deceased from gunshot wounds and a 45-year-old woman in the house injured by gunfire who survived and was later treated and released. Investigators said the attack was not a random home invasion and believed the victims knew the shooter, who had fled before officers arrived.

Detectives pursued a named suspect across jurisdictions, and the U.S. Marshals Service later located and took into custody Luis Angel Gomez in Mexico, who was deported to the United States to face a murder charge and related offenses in connection with Jorge’s killing. The case is now described as solved and investigators are not searching for another suspect. Jorge is memorialized online by family and friends remembering him as happy, stubborn, friendly, positive, and outgoing.

If anyone knew Jorge, the household where he was found, or has information about the events of May 18, 2017, please come forward.