Victor Daniel Ruiz Reyes, a 30-year-old male Hispanic/Latino from Glendale, Arizona, was killed in the early morning hours of December 17, 2022, after a shooting at a large house party. Police and later media reports say he had gone to a gathering in a neighborhood near 67th Avenue, in the area of Bethany Home Road and West Rose Lane, when an argument broke out between him and at least one other person.
That confrontation escalated rapidly; witnesses later told investigators that the dispute turned into gunfire, striking Ruiz Reyes and sending panicked partygoers running from the scene.
Just after 1 a.m., Glendale’s gunshot-detection system and multiple 911 calls reported numerous shots and vehicles speeding away from the neighborhood. Responding officers arrived to find evidence of a large party and were guided to the backyard of a home in the 6500 block of West Rose Lane, where they discovered Ruiz Reyes unresponsive with a gunshot wound. He was rushed to a local hospital—described in police and news reports simply as a nearby valley hospital—where doctors pronounced him dead. Neighbors later recalled initially thinking they were hearing fireworks before realizing it was gunfire, and some provided home surveillance footage to detectives to help piece together how the shooting unfolded and which cars fled immediately afterward.
Accounts from his family and partner describe Ruiz Reyes as a hardworking man devoted to his children. Media interviews with his girlfriend, Angie Sanchez, explain that he had three kids, with the youngest still a toddler at about a year and a half old at the time of his death. She has spoken publicly about how what was supposed to be a joyful holiday season turned into planning his funeral instead, saying his death left a “big hole” in her life and emphasizing that they had expected to grow old together. Case-summary sites that collect information on unsolved homicides similarly portray him as a family man whose life revolved around providing for and raising his children.
The official investigation quickly focused on the circumstances at the party. Glendale police determined there had been a sizable crowd at the house when the shooting occurred and that a verbal altercation between Ruiz Reyes and an unidentified individual or individuals immediately preceded the gunfire. Detectives believe he was shot during that confrontation and that the shooter, and possibly accomplices, fled the area before officers arrived. In subsequent statements, police have said they suspect more than one person may have been involved and have repeatedly stressed that there are additional witnesses who have not yet come forward.
In the days following the killing, the Glendale Police Department issued press releases and gave multiple media interviews asking the public for help, releasing Ruiz Reyes’s name and photo and directing witnesses to call the department or the Silent Witness tip line. Spanish-language outlets and local TV stations echoed those appeals, underscoring that the case was being treated as a homicide and that investigators were actively seeking the person or people responsible. Case-tracking and victim-advocacy sites that continue to monitor the homicide, some of which were updated as recently as 2025, still describe the shooter or shooters as being “at large” and the case as unsolved. Taken together, these public records and ongoing appeals indicate that no suspect has been publicly identified by name and no arrest has been announced in connection with the killing of Victor Daniel Ruiz Reyes.
