Twenty-year-old Dominic Vega was fatally shot on the night of December 21, 2016, near Ray Road and Arizona Avenue in Chandler, Arizona. Police responded to multiple calls reporting gunfire and found Vega, who was pronounced dead at the scene. He left behind a son and a girlfriend, and family and friends assembled a candle memorial while pleading for information.

Investigators say Vega was seen on surveillance talking with someone in a Toyota Camry moments before the shooting. Witnesses reported a gold or champagne-colored 1990s Toyota sedan with black steel wheels and black side-view mirrors followed him as he walked across the street; shots were fired from the car, the vehicle initially drove away, then turned around and the shooter exited to fire several more times.

Less than a month later, Chris Anthony Vega was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and booked into the Maricopa County Jail; authorities said he was not related to the victim despite the shared last name. If anyone has information about Dominic or the events that night, please come forward.