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![Esteban Valenzuela's face and a candle from the National Gun Violence Memorial website over a photograph of the 16-year-old's Nov. 25 memorial vigil on Dancer Lane in the Maricopa Meadows. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Illuminating-Hope-Valenzuela-Commemorates-Victims-at-National-Gun-Violence-Memorial-1000x600.jpeg)
![Esteban Valenzuela's face and a candle from the National Gun Violence Memorial website over a photograph of the 16-year-old's Nov. 25 memorial vigil on Dancer Lane in the Maricopa Meadows. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Illuminating-Hope-Valenzuela-Commemorates-Victims-at-National-Gun-Violence-Memorial-400x240.jpeg)
![Esteban Valenzuela's face and a candle from the National Gun Violence Memorial website over a photograph of the 16-year-old's Nov. 25 memorial vigil on Dancer Lane in the Maricopa Meadows. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Illuminating-Hope-Valenzuela-Commemorates-Victims-at-National-Gun-Violence-Memorial-80x80.jpeg)
A recent murder case from Maricopa has gained national attention through the National Gun Violence Memorial website. The memorial site has dedicated a space to honor...
Newly uncovered police reports reveal that 16-year-old Esteban Valenzuela, fatally shot in Maricopa Meadows on November 22, was previously identified as a suspect in a violent...
Maricopa Police Department officers responded to the scene of a tragic incident on Dancer Lane and West Dirk Street on November 22, 2024, where 16-year-old Esteban...
The Nov. 22 murder of 16-year-old Esteban Valenzuela in Maricopa Meadows is linked to an armed robbery, with indications of involvement in drug trafficking, according to...
![Isaiah Bandin, 15, posted his illegal activities on TikTok before he allegedly murdered a fellow teen boy, Esteban Valenzuela. [@Isaiah_Bandin/TikTok]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ak-Chin-Teen-Isaiah-Bandin-A-Troubled-Life-Leads-to-Murder-1000x600.png)
![Isaiah Bandin, 15, posted his illegal activities on TikTok before he allegedly murdered a fellow teen boy, Esteban Valenzuela. [@Isaiah_Bandin/TikTok]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ak-Chin-Teen-Isaiah-Bandin-A-Troubled-Life-Leads-to-Murder-400x240.png)
![Isaiah Bandin, 15, posted his illegal activities on TikTok before he allegedly murdered a fellow teen boy, Esteban Valenzuela. [@Isaiah_Bandin/TikTok]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ak-Chin-Teen-Isaiah-Bandin-A-Troubled-Life-Leads-to-Murder-80x80.png)
Isaiah Bandin, a 15-year-old, has been charged with the murder of 16-year-old Esteban Valenzuela in Maricopa, according to reports from InMaricopa. This accusation stems from a...
![Two teens crouch in front of a memorial set up for Esteban Valenzuela, 16, near Dancer Lane and Dirk Street in Maricopa, Ariz. on Nov. 25, 2024. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Family-Remembers-Beloved-Teen-Shot-Dead-in-the-Meadows-He-1000x600.jpg)
![Two teens crouch in front of a memorial set up for Esteban Valenzuela, 16, near Dancer Lane and Dirk Street in Maricopa, Ariz. on Nov. 25, 2024. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Family-Remembers-Beloved-Teen-Shot-Dead-in-the-Meadows-He-400x240.jpg)
![Two teens crouch in front of a memorial set up for Esteban Valenzuela, 16, near Dancer Lane and Dirk Street in Maricopa, Ariz. on Nov. 25, 2024. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Family-Remembers-Beloved-Teen-Shot-Dead-in-the-Meadows-He-80x80.jpg)
Friends and family of 16-year-old Esteban Valenzuela have gathered nightly for a makeshift memorial on Dancer Lane in Maricopa Meadows since his tragic death on November...
