PHOENIX — One person is dead and a minor taken into custody following a shooting in west Phoenix, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
Police said officers located the body of a man identified as Anthony Muriel, 18, in the area of 41st and Missouri avenues on April 6.
According to police, officers began searching for a shooting victim after they arrived at 35th Avenue and McClellan Boulevard at around 6:45 p.m. and saw indications that a shooting had happened.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Police said the minor, whose age has not been released, is facing a murder charge.
The investigation into the shooting is on-going.
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