Fernando Ruelas Jr. was 26 when he was shot and killed on a landing of the Phoenix apartment complex where he lived with his girlfriend, Ashley Elizabeth Eide, during a domestic dispute in February 2014. Phoenix police found Ruelas with a fatal gunshot wound after responding to the scene. Investigators report the argument between Ruelas and Eide turned physical; Eide told officers Ruelas struck her multiple times and said she fired because she feared for her life, though she also said she had not intended to shoot him. Officers noted visible injuries to Eide’s face when they arrived.

Eide was arrested in connection with Ruelas’s death and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and misconduct involving weapons. In March 2015 a Maricopa County judge sentenced her to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised probation.

Did anyone in Phoenix know Fernando or witness the dispute that night and can provide more detail?