An Arizona man has been arrested after he allegedly shot five people on Friday and Saturday in a random shooting spree, leaving four dead and one injured, police say.
An Arizona man was arrested after he randomly shot five people Friday and Saturday, killing four and injuring one, police alleged.
Byers told detectives that he shot the injured woman because “she made him mad” after he began talking to her, the probable cause statement says. It alleges that he shot her in the face and then “shot her another time because she wasn’t dead yet.” Byers allegedly told police he shot the person believed to be a man found on South Extension Road in the head after they met walking on the railroad tracks because"he was homeless and not from around here." When the victim fell down a nearby hill, Byers"followed him to continue shooting him," the probable cause statement alleges.
Officers also linked spent shell cases found at"most of the shooting scenes" to the same handgun using the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, a national database run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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