Mesa Police officers have made an arrest in a shooting death in Porter Park.
According to the Mesa Police Department, on June 9, 2021, just before 5:00 a.m. Mesa Police officers responded to the park, located at 420 E. 8th St., regarding reports of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found 42-year-old Tyrone Francisco with gunshot wounds to his body.
Francisco was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
One witness told officers that two men, one of which was known to him, approached he and Francisco in the park. This witness said that the man he did not know began cursing and yelling at them. As Francisco walked away from the confrontation, the man shot him.
On July 27, 2021, officers located both men and interviewed them. Sean Newton, age 21, admitted to officers that he shot and killed Tyrone. He told officers that Tyrone presented a knife and lunged at him.
Newton was booked into jail for one count Second Degree Homicide, ARS 13-1104A2, a class 1 felony. He is being held on a $500,000 bond.