James Barratt was 42 when he was fatally shot inside his Phoenix apartment on March 1, 2015. Neighbors say an altercation inside his residence that Sunday morning escalated into gunfire; Barratt, critically wounded, reportedly made his way out of his unit toward a nearby apartment before collapsing. Officers found him with a gunshot wound to the upper body and he later died from his injuries.

Detectives concluded the shooting happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. and treated the case as a homicide. Initial reports describe the shooter only as an unknown individual who fled before police arrived. Canvassing was done in the neighborhood near 21st Avenue and Heatherbrae Road, but no suspect name or arrest has been reported and the killing remains unsolved.

If anyone knew James or saw activity in that area around March 1, 2015, please share information that might help investigators.