Christopher Garcia was 17 when he was shot and killed on the night of October 5, 2014, near 67th Avenue and Van Buren Street in west Phoenix. He was with a group of friends when a pickup truck carrying another group pulled up and a verbal dispute turned violent. Two people from the truck exited armed and fired; Christopher was struck and later died despite emergency treatment. The shooters fled in the pickup.

Phoenix police located a pickup matching the suspects’ vehicle burning near 32nd Avenue and Coronado Road, an apparent attempt to destroy evidence. That discovery and subsequent investigative work led officers to identify and later arrest a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting.

If anyone was in that area that night or has information about the pickup, its occupants, or what led to the altercation, please come forward.