Lieutenant Eric Lewis Shuhandler, 42, was killed while on patrol near the Gilbert–Mesa border on January 28, 2010. After conducting a traffic stop on a pickup with an obscured plate, he returned to his patrol car and discovered passenger Christopher Redondo had an outstanding warrant. As he approached the truck, Redondo fired a single shot that struck Shuhandler in the head. Shuhandler was taken to a hospital and died shortly before midnight.

The two men in the truck, driver Daimen Irizarry and passenger Christopher Redondo, fled and led officers on a high-speed, more-than-30-mile pursuit during which they fired at pursuing officers and tossed objects from the vehicle. The chase ended near Superior when the suspects stopped and exchanged gunfire with multiple agencies; both were wounded and taken into custody.

Daimen Irizarry was convicted in October 2010 and sentenced to 107 years for charges including aggravated assault and drive-by shooting. Christopher Redondo, already serving a life term for an unrelated 2009 murder, was convicted of Shuhandler’s murder on May 7, 2019, and received another life sentence.

Did anyone in the Gilbert or Mesa area witness the traffic stop or the pursuit and have details that could add to the record?