Serial street shooter: Phoenix Police looking for serial killer after 7 deaths - TomoNews
- 8 years ago
PHOENIX — Authorities in Phoenix are continuing an urgent manhunt to catch a man who has shot dead at least seven people.
Between March 17 and June 12, at least seven people have been killed and two people wounded in separate shootings in the city’s Maryvale area. The shootings all took place after dark.
Authorities said the deceased now include three women, three men and a 12-year-old girl, ABC News reported.
Police said they have connected the shootings to one or multiple suspects who shoot victims at night with a semi-automatic handgun.
“All of the witnesses have described that the suspect was outside of his car,” said Sgt. Jonathan Howard of the Phoenix Police Department. “We have not found any link between any of the victims to each other or the shooter.”
Howard told ABC News, “this isn’t an opportunity where he’s driving down the road, at a distance without personal interaction, shooting a gun. This is a guy who’s getting out of his car and walking over, getting close.”
Authorities have released a sketch of a suspect whom witnesses described as a light-skinned Latino or white man in his 20s, CNN reported.
The shootings have been concentrated in the low-income neighborhood of Maryvale, with many of the victims shot while standing outside their homes, police said.
According to CNN, law enforcement agencies and the Maricopa County District Attorney’s Office are jointly offering a $30,000 reward to anyone with information on the case.
Between March 17 and June 12, at least seven people have been killed and two people wounded in separate shootings in the city’s Maryvale area. The shootings all took place after dark.
Authorities said the deceased now include three women, three men and a 12-year-old girl, ABC News reported.
Police said they have connected the shootings to one or multiple suspects who shoot victims at night with a semi-automatic handgun.
“All of the witnesses have described that the suspect was outside of his car,” said Sgt. Jonathan Howard of the Phoenix Police Department. “We have not found any link between any of the victims to each other or the shooter.”
Howard told ABC News, “this isn’t an opportunity where he’s driving down the road, at a distance without personal interaction, shooting a gun. This is a guy who’s getting out of his car and walking over, getting close.”
Authorities have released a sketch of a suspect whom witnesses described as a light-skinned Latino or white man in his 20s, CNN reported.
The shootings have been concentrated in the low-income neighborhood of Maryvale, with many of the victims shot while standing outside their homes, police said.
According to CNN, law enforcement agencies and the Maricopa County District Attorney’s Office are jointly offering a $30,000 reward to anyone with information on the case.