On 09/29/2019 at about 4:30 pm, Mesa Police Officers responded to a shooting call at the Coral Point Apartments located at 2343 W Main. Arriving officers located an adult male, later identified as Khalil Evans, with multiple gunshot wounds. Evans was transported for treatment with life threatening injuries and later deceased at the hospital.
At approximately 6:30 pm a male subject named Jesse Hernandez (age 24) turned himself in at the Phoenix Police Department. Hernandez said he was involved in the incident with Evans here in Mesa. Detectives transported Hernandez back to Mesa where he was interviewed. He acknowledged being at the scene and possessing a firearm and firing it during the incident. Hernandez said he was visiting his estranged wife at the scene and said Evans is his brother in law. He said Evans approached him as he was leaving the scene and asked him if he had a missing key. Hernandez admitted to firing the handgun prior to leaving.
Detectives were able to recover the alleged firearm used in this homicide and found there was probable cause to charge Hernandez with one count of Second Degree Murder and one count of Misconduct Involving Weapons.
