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Maria Lewis

Age : 32

Gender : Female

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 02/28/2026

Location : Near Ellsworth and Ray roads

City : Mesa

County : Maricopa

State : Arizona

Agency : Mesa Police Department

Officer(s) :Dulance Morin

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Homicide during neighbor shooting

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 02/28/2026 at about 2:45 a.m., Mesa police responded to a welfare check at a residence near Ellsworth and Ray roads and found 32-year-old Maria Lewis shot outside the home. Police said the homeowner, 47-year-old Dulance Morin, an investigator with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, was involved in the shooting, though authorities have not detailed what led up to the gunfire or announced charges. The medical examiner ruled Lewis’s death a homicide. Lewis, a mother of seven, had gone out for a late-night walk shortly before the shooting. The investigation remains ongoing.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.azfamily.com/2026/03/05/ags-office-agent-involved-mesa-shooting-that-killed-mom-7-police-say/
https://www.azfamily.com/2026/03/03/mother-7-killed-after-weekend-shooting-mesa-neighborhood/
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/vigil-held-mesa-mother-7-killed-neighbors-porch