On a Sunday morning, February 14, 2021, in the area of 15th Avenue and Missouri Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, a verbal altercation escalated into a fatal shooting. At approximately 11:44 a.m., 19-year-old Isaac Luis Arechiga was shot. Phoenix Police responded to the call and found Isaac with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was quickly transported to a local hospital for medical attention.
Despite the efforts of medical personnel, Isaac Luis Arechiga succumbed to his injuries and was
pronounced deceased at the hospital. The Phoenix Police Department's Homicide investigators immediately began working the case, interviewing witnesses at the scene to determine the events that led to the shooting. Their investigation continued over the next month as they worked to develop probable cause to identify and arrest a suspect.
The investigation led to 18-year-old Brandon Ortiz as the suspect in the shooting. On March 25, 2021, just over a month after the incident, Phoenix Police located and arrested Ortiz. He was subsequently booked into jail and charged with Second-Degree Murder for his involvement in the death of Isaac Arechiga.
