Mesa Police Seek Public Assistance In Identifying Homicide
Suspects
January 7, 2010
On
Monday, December 21, 2009 at approximately 12:15 p.m., Mesa
officers responded to 130 E. McKellips in reference to a
shooting. Initial reports indicated that three victims had been
shot. The victims included a father, daughter and son. The
mother was in the trailer, but she was not injured. The father
was shot several times and later pronounced deceased at a local
hospital. The daughter was shot once and is stable, with
non-life threatening injuries. The son was also shot once, with
non-life threatening injuries.
According to interviews, the daughter was placing a dress in a
vehicle in their driveway and saw two Hispanic males, wearing
hooded sweatshirts, walk north past her in the trailer park. As
she was walking back to her trailer, she saw the suspects
running toward her. She was screaming for her father to help
her, as she tried to enter the trailer. After entering the
trailer, her parents barricaded the door with their bodies to
prevent the suspects from entering. One suspect was able to keep
the door from being completely closed, and witnesses stated the
two suspects began yelling for the family to open the door. They
didn't and within seconds several shots were fired through the
door, striking the three family members.
A bright red pick-up truck was seen leaving the complex next
door to the incident address by a resident. The witness reported
hearing shots, then immediately seeing a Hispanic male jumping
into the passenger side of the red truck. The truck traveled in
reverse and exited the complex through the east exit. Motive is
still unknown.
Suspect #1 is described as a Hispanic male in his early
20's, between 5'10 to 6' tall, weighing 150 lbs. He was last
seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a white stripe
around the hood, blue jeans and black shoes. (Click on composite
drawing at right for larger view of suspect #1.)
Suspect #2 is described as a Hispanic male in his early 20's,
5'6" tall, weighing 140 lbs. He was last seen wearing a black
hooded sweatshirt with red on the sleeves, blue jeans and black
work boots.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Mesa Police
Department at 480-644-2211. You may also submit information
anonymously
here.