Horacio De Jesus Peña, 32, was fatally shot and found in the roadway near Indian School Road and 67th Avenue in Phoenix on June 3, 2016. He had been returning home from work when the shooting occurred; witnesses reported seeing a white Cadillac or Lincoln leave the scene shortly after gunfire. Family members named include his mother, Graciela Beltran, and his twin sister, Nancy Peña, who described him as kind-hearted and gentle and noted his work with individuals with special needs.

Investigators later linked Peña’s killing to a series of drive-by shootings in the Maryvale neighborhood that began the previous year, attacks that targeted men, women and children. In May 2017 police arrested 23-year-old Aaron Juan Saucedo, and a grand jury returned indictments charging him in multiple shootings, including Peña’s death. Saucedo has maintained his innocence in court.