In the early hours of a Monday morning in July 2015, a Glendale neighborhood was disturbed by an argument and a single gunshot. Shortly afterward a resident found 30-year-old Rosa Fernandez-Mendoza in an alley near 67th Avenue and Bethany Home Road; she had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead after first responders arrived just after midnight.

Glendale Violent Crimes detectives canvassed the area for witnesses and evidence. Initial reports say a 911 caller may have seen Fernandez-Mendoza on the ground in the alley and possibly heard the shot, and investigators believe the shooting followed a dispute at a nearby apartment complex. There have been no publicly announced arrests and no suspects named, and the circumstances of her final moments and the identity of her killer remain unresolved.

If anyone witnessed the argument that night or has information about Rosa’s death, please come forward to assist the investigation.