In the early hours of April 2, 2025, a shooting at an apartment complex near Granite Reef Road and McDonald Drive in Scottsdale resulted in the death of 30-year-old Gino Mendoza. Officers and fire crews were dispatched about 12:25 a.m. after a man at the scene placed a 911 call. Mendoza was found with multiple gunshot wounds, given emergency medical aid, and taken to a local hospital where he later died. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner had not yet released an official cause of death.

A 25-year-old man at the apartment, identified as Jude Valle, remained on scene and was detained after reporting the shooting and saying he shot Mendoza in self-defense. Scottsdale police arrested Valle and booked him into the Scottsdale Municipal Jail on one count of second-degree murder. Detectives, crime scene personnel, and representatives from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office processed the scene and interviewed witnesses as the investigation continued.

Are there witnesses or nearby residents who remember seeing or hearing anything around midnight on April 2?