In the early morning hours of May 24, 2023, a verbal altercation shattered the quiet of a Phoenix neighborhood, leaving 32-year-old Adrian Cantu Silva dead from a gunshot wound. Phoenix police officers responded to a call of shots fired near 4100 West Medlock Drive around 4:00 a.m. and discovered Silva's body at the scene.
The investigation into the shooting quickly pointed to a suspect, 30-year-old Rebecca Rodriguez.
Details emerged suggesting that Silva and Rodriguez were having an affair, and the fatal encounter was preceded by an argument. According to court documents, Silva's wife witnessed Rodriguez shoot her husband during the dispute.
On June 5, 2023, investigators with the Phoenix Police Department located and arrested Rodriguez at a residence near 4500 North 56th Drive. Following an interview with detectives, she was booked into jail and charged with second-degree murder. Rodriguez claimed that someone else had the gun during the argument and it accidentally discharged. She further alleged that after being handed the weapon, she fired a warning shot in the air to stop the yelling, and then the gun accidentally went off a third time while she was waving her hands.
