on november 29, 2004, robert keith palomares, a 24-year-old armored car guard, was carrying the weekend deposits just outside the amc theater at 4915 e. ray road in phoenix. not long after 10 a.m., a hooded gunman ambushed and shot palomares with a .45 caliber glock semi-automatic pistol. five of six bullets struck palomares in his head. though he was armed, palomares didn't have time to defend himself. the gunman took a bag of money with $56,000 in cash and left the crime scene on a bicycle. palomares was taken to the good samaritan hospital. he was pronounced dead.