Jorge R. Guevara Franco was 19 when he was shot and killed in west Phoenix in the early hours of February 13, 2016. He had been at a crowded house party near 63rd Avenue and Osborn Road where an argument escalated into a physical fight. During the confrontation Jorge fired a gun, wounding a 23-year-old man who later arrived at a different hospital in critical condition.

Investigators determined that after Jorge shot the 23-year-old, a third, unidentified person at the party opened fire. The bullets from that shooter struck Jorge; he was found in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds, taken to a hospital, and pronounced dead. That shooter fled before officers arrived and has not been identified or arrested.

Jorge was born June 3, 1996, in San Salvador, El Salvador. Family and friends held a funeral at Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary’s Serenity Chapel, followed by his interment at the cemetery. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone was at the party or saw activity on 63rd Avenue and Osborn Road that morning, can you share what you remember?