Anthony Hines was a 27-year-old Black / African American male from Phoenix, Arizona, whose life ended in gunfire on January 9, 2014. Multiple public databases that track shootings in the United States list that date as the day he was killed in Phoenix, marking his death as a homicide by firearm rather than an accident or self-inflicted shooting.
The killing took place in South Phoenix, where the incident was described in local coverage and case summaries as a “gunbattle.”
One of the primary online case records ties his death specifically to a gunfight in that part of the city and points to news reports about police responding to a shooting near the intersection of South 16th Street and East Broadway Road. In those summaries, Hines is identified as the person who lost his life in that exchange of gunfire, with the manner of death categorized broadly as “death by force” caused by gun violence in Phoenix.
Case-tracking information adds that January 23, 2014, is recorded as the date his body was found, while January 9 remains the official date of death, implying a gap between when he was killed and when his remains were formally recovered and documented, though open sources do not explain the circumstances of that delay. The national memorial entry for Hines notes that candles have been lit online in his memory and that friends and family contributed details about his life, describing him as self-employed, connected to the South Phoenix area, and educated in local schools such as Martin L. King, Percy L. Julian, and South Mountain High. Their comments portray someone remembered as funny, genuine, and deeply missed, situating his death within the broader toll of gun violence in Arizona, where thousands of shootings since 2014 have left more than 2,600 people dead statewide.
