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In the warm evening of May 13, 2023, a gathering of friends at a barbecue in a Phoenix, Arizona apartment complex took a tragic turn, ending the life of 17-year-old Matthew Ballesteros. The young man was with a group in the common area near 39th Avenue and McDowell Road when the night devolved into violence. Earlier in the evening, around 8 p.m., a sense of unease had already crept in, as Matthew had approached a neighbor to borrow a phone to call his mother for a ride, confiding that another in ...Read More
Victim Details

Matthew Ballesteros

Male

White / Caucasian

Phoenix

AZ

2023-05-13

17

Matthew

Ballesteros

litigation

11/26/2025