On the evening of May 11, 2015, Dezmond Littles was killed in a shooting in Phoenix, Arizona. Available case summaries state that the violence occurred around 6:30 p.m. near the busy intersection of North 83rd Avenue and West Indian School Road in the Maryvale area of west Phoenix, a commercial and residential corridor lined with shopping centers and apartments. Phoenix Police officers responded to reports of a shooting in the area and found Littles at the scene; he was pronounced dead the same day he was discovered. Dezmond Littles, a male victim whose age and ethnicity have not been publicly reported, is listed in homicide records as having both his “date found” and “date of death” recorded as May 11, 2015, indicating he did not survive the attack.
The killing took place in Maryvale, an urban village on the western edge of Phoenix that has long been one of the city’s most densely populated areas. The neighborhood encompasses a large stretch of Indian School Road and surrounding residential districts; historically, it has experienced higher-than-average levels of violent crime compared with some other parts of the city. Demographic data show Maryvale as a diverse community with no single racial majority and a large Hispanic population, as well as significant economic challenges and periods of elevated crime that earned it an enduring reputation for safety concerns.
Publicly accessible homicide databases that list Dezmond Littles’ case provide only minimal information about the circumstances of his death. CrimeSolversCentral, which tracks unsolved killings and other violent deaths, notes his name, location, and date of death and categorizes the manner of death as “Death by Force,” but does not add narrative details such as the number of shots fired, whether there was an altercation beforehand, or whether the shooting occurred inside a residence, in a parking lot, or on the street. Separate crime-mapping resources, such as SpotCrime’s “Area Cold Cases” listings, reference Dezmond Littles as a murder victim associated with the Phoenix Police Department, again without describing suspects, vehicles, or possible motives, underscoring how little has been released publicly about the events leading up to the shooting.
Across these sources, there is no indication that anyone has been arrested or charged in connection with the killing of Dezmond Littles. His case appears alongside other unsolved homicides in databases dedicated to cold cases, and there are no public court records or press releases tying a named suspect to the crime. The Phoenix Police Department’s cold case homicide unit and community tip programs such as Silent Witness continue to solicit information from the public about unsolved murders in the city, but as of the latest updates, the death of Dezmond Littles remains an open investigation with no publicly identified suspect or suspects.
