On the morning of Sunday, November 29, 2015, 21-year-old Rodney Foster Denney Jr. was shot and killed while attending a party near 9000 West Sells Drive in Phoenix. A group of about five Hispanic males and females had been turned away as the event was ending; an altercation between women from the two groups escalated and Denney stepped in to intervene. Someone from the visiting group produced a firearm and shot him. The suspects fled the scene, and Denney died of a gunshot wound.

Denney was working security at the party. His family describes him as a loving son, brother, and father to a young daughter, with ambitions to become a firefighter or paramedic and a passion for the outdoors, cars, and motorcycles. The Phoenix Police Department investigated and Silent Witness issued a public appeal; no public information about arrests or an identified suspect is available.

If anyone was at that party or has information about the group that fled, please share what you know with investigators.