Police are investigating a shooting that left a 17-year-old boy dead at a local park in north Phoenix Friday night.
Phoenix police are investigating a shooting that left a 17-year-old boy dead by an unknown person while at a local park in north Phoenix Friday night.
Around 8:48 p.m. on Friday, Phoenix police responded to a shooting call in the area near 16th Street and Wescott Drive. When they arrived, they found 17-year-old Hery Almeida-Garcia suffering from a gunshot wound. Almeida-Garcia was transported to the hospital and later pronounced dead. Detectives with the Phoenix Police Homicide Unit took over the investigation. Authorities believe that early evidence indicates that Almeida-Garcia was with friends who were confronted by an unknown person before the shooting.Details on what led up to the shooting are continuing to be investigated, according to police.
If anyone has information that can lead to an arrest in this case, they are asked to call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO and may be eligible for a cash reward.
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