Late on February 13, 2022, a dispute that began inside a Mesa restaurant moved into the parking lot near University Drive and Center Street and ended with 27-year-old Alejandro Saldano Hernandez shot multiple times. Witnesses say the argument involved two groups; during a fistfight, 35-year-old Jose Ivan Chavez Garcia walked to a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado, retrieved a handgun, and fired at Hernandez. First responders found Hernandez in the lot and he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Garcia fled the scene in the pickup; the vehicle was later found abandoned near Gilbert and Broadway roads. Detectives identified Garcia as the suspect, served a search warrant at his Mesa home on March 1, 2022, and took him into custody. He reportedly admitted involvement in the shooting and was booked on a charge of first-degree murder.

If anyone witnessed the fight in the restaurant or the parking lot that night, or saw the Silverado between University Drive and Gilbert and Broadway roads, please share what was seen with investigators.