On September 30, 2013, 23-year-old David Celaya, a man of unknown race and ethnicity from Phoenix, Arizona, was fatally shot near the intersection of 67th Avenue and Indian School Road in west Phoenix. According to an online homicide case summary, the incident is described simply as a “death by force,” with the additional detail that Celaya’s death stemmed from a shooting in that area on that date. The same records list his date of death and the date he was found as the same day, indicating that the shooting and the discovery of his body occurred on September 30, 2013, within the city limits of Phoenix, AZ.
Publicly available case profiles provide very few specifics about what led up to the shooting, who else might have been present, or the exact circumstances at the scene. They confirm that the case has been treated as a homicide and that Celaya’s killing involved gunfire in a neighborhood along 67th Avenue and Indian School Road, but they do not describe a dispute, robbery, or other clear motive, nor do they give information such as time of day, whether the shooting occurred indoors or outdoors, or whether any witnesses initially came forward.
Celaya’s death remains listed on online cold-case and crime-tracking platforms years later, where it is grouped with other unresolved homicides connected to the Phoenix area. These listings note that the case was added to unsolved-homicide databases long after the 2013 killing and has continued to receive periodic updates, reflecting ongoing interest from case advocates but not documenting any substantive investigative breakthroughs. The profiles emphasize that there are no linked news articles or official public summaries beyond the brief case entry itself, and they actively invite members of the public to submit additional information or corrections, highlighting how limited the publicly accessible record is.
Available online sources do not report that any suspect has been identified by name, arrested, or charged in connection with the shooting of David Celaya. Instead, the case is treated in those sources as an unresolved homicide under the jurisdiction of Phoenix authorities, with no indication that a suspect description, motive, or arrest has ever been publicly disclosed. As a result, the picture that emerges from online records is of a young Phoenix resident whose life ended in a still-unsolved shooting near 67th Avenue and Indian School Road, with the investigation’s details and any internal leads remaining out of the public eye and advocates still seeking information that might one day identify the person or people responsible.
