Pineda was booked on a second-degree murder charge after Rogelio Aparicio Aguilera was killed in Maryvale.

A second-degree murder booking is an accusation. It is not a conviction. azfamily reported that Rogelio Aparicio Aguilera, 48, and Efren Espinosa Pineda, 53, got into a fight on Fairmount Avenue south of Indian School Road in Maryvale, and that police say Pineda shot Aguilera. Aguilera died at the scene. Pineda drove off and was later taken into custody without incident. He was booked on a second-degree murder charge.

azfamily reported that officers responded around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, to Fairmount Avenue south of Indian School Road in Maryvale, a neighborhood of Phoenix. FOX 10 Phoenix, ABC15 Arizona, and KTAR reported the call as a residence near 47th Avenue and Indian School Road at about 8:15 p.m. Officers found Aguilera with at least one gunshot wound. KTAR reported that Phoenix Fire pronounced him dead at the scene. A death at the scene is the reported result. It is not a finding of who fired.

azfamily reported that police said the two men got into a fight and that Pineda shot Aguilera, then drove off. FOX 10 Phoenix reported that, on preliminary indications, Pineda shot and killed Aguilera during a dispute and initially left in a vehicle. A police account of a fight and a shot is the charging narrative. It is not a verdict.

Investigators later found Pineda and took him into custody without incident, azfamily and FOX 10 Phoenix reported. He was booked into jail on a second-degree murder charge. ABC15 Arizona reported the booking as one count of second-degree murder. azfamily reported that as of 6:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, he was still waiting to see a judge. A first appearance is a calendar step. It is not a plea, and a booking is not a conviction. Pineda is presumed innocent.