On the evening of April 16, 2016, gunfire broke out at a gathering near 7th Street and Baseline Road in Phoenix. A large group of friends and family were at a residence when an unknown person opened fire; when the shooting stopped one man, identified by family and friends as Kyree Stewart (initially misidentified in some reports as Kyree Harvey), had been mortally wounded. He was 27 years old.

The Phoenix Police Department responded to a call about 8:20 p.m. and launched a homicide investigation. Motive was not clear and the suspect had fled before officers arrived. Detectives said they were actively seeking a suspect in the days after the shooting.

There are few publicly reported details about what led up to the shooting or who was present.