On December 6, 2022, just before 12:30pm, Mesa Police
Officers responded to Lamb’s Shoe Repair, located at 28 S. Macdonald for reports
of the shop owner being dead inside the business. The caller was a customer who
arrived at the shop and after not seeing anyone around, started to search the
business. The customer found 58-year-old Jesus Fabian De La Rosa (Fabian) lying
on the ground with gunshot wounds to his body.
Officers began looking at the call history for police response to see if Fabian had any problems with anyone recently. They found that Fabian made a police report on December 1, 2022, regarding a stolen firearm. Fabian reported that his .380 caliber handgun had been stolen. Fabian told officers that he allowed an unhoused man to use the restroom in his business from time to time and he thought he may have stolen the gun.
Family members advised officers that Fabian wore a gun in a holster to work that day. When Fabian was found, he still wore the gun holster, but there was no gun inside. Officers located fired cartridges at the scene that match both the calibers of the stolen gun and the gun Fabian had been wearing.
Family also told officers that Fabian always had his cell phone with him. The cell phone was missing from the store.
Witnesses told officers a man wearing unique clothing had been in the area. After viewing the light rail surveillance video, officers found the described man getting off and on the light rail at Country Club Dr. and Main St. before and after the murder. The man was wearing a helmet that covered his face and had a walking cane when he first got off the light rail. This man did not have a cane when he got back on; however, officers located the cane inside Lamb’s Shoe Repair during their investigation.
Officers requested cell phone data from Fabian’s cell phone and traced the phone from Mesa to Phoenix, the same route the described man took on the light rail. The phone was powered off the night of the murder close to the Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) in Phoenix.
On December 9, 2022, at 5:30pm, Officers located and arrested 65-year-old Lynell Brosier at CASS. He had Fabian’s stolen .380 caliber handgun in his waistband.
Brosier was booked into jail for the following charges:
ARS 13-1105A1; 1st Degree Murder, a class 1 felony
ARS 13-1904A1; Armed Robbery, a class 2 felony
ARS 13-3102A4; Misconduct Involving Weapons (Prohibited
Possessor), a class 4 felony
ARS 13-1802A1; Theft of a Firearm, a class 6 felony
ARS 13-1802A5; Possession of Stolen Property, a class 1
misdemeanor
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| Lynell Brosier Mug Shot |
It goes without saying, but we want to say it anyway. Jesus
Fabian De La Rosa (Fabian) was a pillar in our Mesa Community. He has owned Lamb’s
Shoe Repair since 2005 and has never hesitated to help anyone in need. It is
apparent how much he meant to the community in the comments left by over 100
people on our social media platforms. Our hope is that his family sees and
reads the comments and knows how much he was loved by seemingly everyone.
A special thanks goes out to the Mesa Homicide Unit. This case
required hours of video collecting and monitoring. Watching video can be
tedious work, especially when looking for something specific. Our detectives
spent four days working around the clock to bring a close to the murder of
Fabian De La Rosa and it does not go unnoticed. Thank you.
And finally, our Special Operations Division. The arrest of Lynell
Brosier could not have been made without you all. Thank you.
In case you missed it, the City of Mesa highlighted Fabian
in a YouTube video 9 months ago. Please watch this to get a better understanding
of the type of person he was:
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