PHOENIX — A man was arrested in connection to a fatal shooting that left one man dead in south Phoenix on Saturday morning around 4 a.m., according to the Phoenix Police Department.
Officers responded to a call for a shooting at a home near 42nd Street & Southern Avenue on Saturday, and found 42-year-old Efren Cayeros with a gunshot wound in the front yard.
The fire department responded to treat Cayeros, but he was ultimately pronounced dead on scene due to his injuries.
Officials said witnesses told police the suspect fled the area before officers arrived. The suspect was later identified as Lamarjay Devon Freeman.
A probable cause statement says Freeman was drinking at several bars that night with his girlfriend, her friend and his cousin, before the four of them returned to the residence next door to the crime scene.
Police say Freeman fired at three subjects in their front yard with no provocation, and an unknown number of victims returned gunfire.
Freeman fled to the house and hid in a closet holding a black pistol. He exited the closet with possibly more ammunition, according to police documents.
A surveillance camera captured the image of the suspect running eastbound, which matched Freeman's description.
His phone was detected inside his apartment building, and police issued a search warrant at the girlfriend's address and found him inside.
Freeman said he was going to turn himself in prior to police contact.
Records show he had previously made suicidal statements to his girlfriend.
Freeman told police he only remembers drinking, heading back to his residence, and waking up in an unknown yard. He called his girlfriend to pick him up and he stayed in her apartment unit for three days.
Freeman's girlfriend told police he told her he had shot someone but did not disclose any further information.
Freeman was booked on one count of second-degree murder on a bond of $1 million. He has several status hearings scheduled in the next few weeks.
Police ask for anyone with information to contact the Phoenix Police Department or call the Silent Witness program.
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