Overview
- Police found 37-year-old Jacob Encinas with a single gunshot wound in the Airport Tavern parking lot and pronounced him dead at the scene.
- Investigators identified 21-year-old Tristen Lee Alvarez as the suspected shooter and say he fled before officers arrived and should be considered armed and dangerous.
- Detectives processed the scene, collected what they described as significant evidence, and have reopened the area to the public.
- Authorities are urging anyone with information to contact Detective T. Miller at 520-840-2824, the Casa Grande Police nonemergency line at 520-421-8700 (option 7), or Silent Witness at 520-836-2100 for anonymous tips.
- The shooting followed a verbal argument in the parking lot, and police say the investigation is active with public-safety warnings in place while officers continue to search for the suspect.