Felix Alexandrew Pichardo

In the summer of 2021, a dispute between teenagers in midtown Tucson, Arizona, turned deadly, ending the life of Felix Alexandrew Pichardo. The 18-year-old Black man was inside an apartment at 4250 E. 29th Street on the afternoon of July 7 when a physical confrontation with people he knew escalated. During the altercation, Pichardo was shot.

Police and medics were dispatched to the apartment complex around 12:30 p.m. and found bystanders trying to help Pichardo. First responders took over and rushed him to Banner University Medical Center, but he succumbed to his gunshot wounds shortly after arriving and was pronounced dead.

Detectives with the Tucson Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit immediately began an investigation. Through witness interviews and the collection of forensic evidence, authorities quickly identified a suspect. A SWAT team also served a search warrant on a nearby apartment, where they gathered additional evidence related to the shooting.

Based on their findings, investigators obtained an arrest warrant for 15-year-old Terrayne Newsome on a charge of first-degree murder on July 8, the day after the shooting. Police located Newsome on July 9 at a residence in the 700 block of West Lightstar Circle. He was arrested without incident and booked into the Pima County Jail. Newsome was subsequently charged as an adult.

Nearly two years later, the case reached its conclusion. On June 15, 2023, Terrayne Newsome, then 17, appeared in court and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter for the shooting death of Felix Pichardo. According to the plea, he faced a sentence of seven to 21 years in prison, with his sentencing hearing scheduled for August 2023. The guilty plea in June 2023 was the last public development in the case.