On the evening of December 30, 2014, 22-year-old Michael Perez was shot during a violent home invasion at his residence on East Manhattan Drive in Tempe, Arizona. Perez was at home with his wife and their three-year-old son when multiple armed men forced their way inside. The intruders were reported to be targeting marijuana believed to be in the house; the wife and child were not physically harmed. Investigators described two suspects as heavy-set Hispanic males and a third as thin and either Hispanic or White. The suspects fled with an undisclosed amount of marijuana.

A break in the case came in November 2019 when a DNA sample taken after a 34-year-old man named Xavier Williams was arrested on an unrelated misdemeanor warrant matched evidence from the 2014 crime scene. Williams reportedly made admissions about his role and was booked on charges including first-degree murder, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping. The community and family have waited years for answers about that night. Does anyone have information about the three intruders or saw activity near East Manhattan Drive on December 30, 2014?