In the pre-dawn hours of an October morning in Phoenix, Arizona, the quiet of the neighborhood around 37th Drive and McDowell Road was broken by a discovery that would launch a homicide investigation. On October 4, 2025, just before 2:30 a.m., police responded to reports of an injured person and found a man lying in the roadway. The man, identified as 27-year-old Bryan Desjone Richmond, had sustained at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Phoenix Fire
Department.
Homicide detectives began the arduous process of piecing together the events that led to Richmond's death. They canvassed the area, searching for evidence and any potential witnesses who might have seen or heard something in the early morning darkness. For days, the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting remained unclear, with no suspect publicly identified. The Phoenix Police Department appealed to the public for any information that could help move the investigation forward, encouraging tips to be submitted through Silent Witness.
Ten days after Bryan Richmond's death, a breakthrough in the case was announced. On October 14, 2025, investigators, after reviewing extensive surveillance footage and interviewing several witnesses, identified a suspect. The suspect, 39-year-old Pablo Terrazas, was located by officers. After a brief attempt to flee, Terrazas was taken into custody. He was subsequently booked into jail and is facing charges of murder and resisting arrest. While an arrest has been made, the specific circumstances that led to the shooting are still under investigation.
