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A conversation about spiritual healing and drug addiction ended in a shooting on New Year’s Day in Phoenix. Ryan Doka, 36, was shot while sitting on a couch at the home where he and 29-year-old Alex Pineda had been talking with some of Pineda’s relatives. Doka was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say the discussion escalated, at which point Pineda allegedly produced a handgun and shot Doka. After his arrest, Pineda admitted to using heroin and said he had consumed marijuana, methamphetamine, and another drug before the incident; authorities say drug impairment is believed to have contributed. Pineda was booked on suspicion of second-degree murder and held on $750,000 bond.

If anyone was at that residence or knew either man’s state of mind that night, can you share what you remember?