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Police search for suspects in fatal shooting of 19-year-old in Phoenix

Feb 15, 2021, 10:32 AM

(Twitter Photo/Phoenix Police Department)...

(Twitter Photo/Phoenix Police Department)

(Twitter Photo/Phoenix Police Department)

PHOENIX — Police are searching for suspects in a shooting that left one 19-year-old dead in Phoenix on Sunday.

The victim was identified as 19-year-old Luis Arechiga who was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound.

Police responded to the scene near the intersection of 15th and Missouri avenues where they discovered Arechiga, according to a release.

No further information is available at this time.

Anybody with information about the shootings was asked to call Phoenix Police Department at 602-262-6151 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (480-948-6377), 480-TESTIGO (480-837-8446) for Spanish.

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Police search for suspects in fatal shooting of 19-year-old in Phoenix