On the evening of Friday, May 18, 2012, Manuel Isaac Alvarado, 27, was shot and killed inside his condominium at 4430 East Wood Street in Phoenix at about 8:56 p.m. Two men came to the unit near 40th Street and Broadway Road and entered. A struggle over Alvarado’s handgun, which was in plain view in the living room, ended when Alvarado was shot. His pit bull was also shot and killed by one of the assailants. In another room Alvarado’s mother and fiancée were held at gunpoint by the second suspect and prevented from intervening.

The two suspects fled the scene with Alvarado’s firearm. They were described as two Black males in their 20s; one identified himself as Corey’s brother, but any link to Alvarado is unknown to investigators. Police say there is no indication Alvarado was involved in illegal activity. No arrests have been made.

Was anyone in the neighborhood that night aware of visitors or saw these men?