Sergio Orozco-Simental was a 42-year-old male Hispanic / Latino from Buckeye, Arizona, who was shot to death on May 9, 2021, after an argument in the city’s Rainbow Valley area near 217th Avenue and Eagle Mountain Road. That Sunday morning, deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office were called to a report of a shooting at a residence in the 21600 block of West Eagle Mountain Road, a rural stretch of Buckeye on the southwest edge of the Phoenix metro area.
When they arrived, they found Orozco-Simental critically wounded from gunfire, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Early reports from local news and investigators described the incident as a dispute between two men that escalated into a fatal shooting, with no indication that anyone else was injured.
According to information later released by MCSO and repeated in local media, the investigation quickly focused on a young man who was believed to have been involved in the argument with Orozco-Simental just before the shooting. Detectives identified 18-year-old Angel Perez Alcala as the suspect in the case and alleged that he was responsible for Orozco-Simental’s killing during the confrontation in Rainbow Valley. Authorities described the crime as a homicide arising from that dispute, and the case was formally classified and investigated as a murder.
Law enforcement issued a wanted bulletin for Alcala, emphasizing that he should be considered armed and dangerous. In public alerts and news coverage, investigators noted that he had a distinctive tattoo of an AR-15 rifle on his left forearm and warned residents not to approach him if seen, but instead to contact the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office with any information about his whereabouts. Multiple outlets repeated those identifying details as part of an effort to generate tips from the community.
Despite these efforts, available public records and recent online summaries of the case continue to list Alcala as “wanted” rather than indicating that he has been arrested or taken into custody in connection with Orozco-Simental’s death. Crime case listings and MCSO materials still frame the investigation as an unresolved homicide with an outstanding suspect, and they continue to invite the public to come forward with any updates or information that could assist investigators. As of the most recent online updates, there is no indication that anyone has been arrested or charged in court for the killing, leaving the case open with Alcala publicly identified as the primary suspect.
