On Nov. 25, 2022, David Denogean was listening to a podcast and walking his white Labrador mix, Evie, near the apartment he shared with his girlfriend in Phoenix. Suddenly, without any apparent provocation, an unknown man ran up from behind and shot Denogean several times outside Feeney’s Restaurant & Bar near 12th Street and Maryland Avenue.
Denogean was rushed to HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
The death of the 30-year-old Camelback High School teacher, track coach and ex-Rebel Lounge security guard alarmed and outraged many in the community, particularly since it occurred in a heavily trafficked and relatively safe part of Phoenix. Despite the existence of several eyewitnesses, some of whom observed the killing as they sat on Feeney’s patio, as well as a $20,000 reward and the release of a video clip showing the purported shooter, the killing remains officially unsolved…