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Officers find fatal I-17 shooting suspect after nearly month-long search

Officers found a man lying on the ground near a restaurant after the suspect shot him near an I-17 freeway access road, police said.

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department's officers and air unit couldn't find a suspect after a fatal shooting near Interstate 17.

Nearly a month later, officers have booked a suspect.

The suspect, 24-year-old Robert Hernandez, was booked on numerous charges including second-degree murder. Officers brought Hernandez into custody after multiple witnesses identified him from security footage taken at the scene of the shooting.

Officers responded to shooting calls Wednesday night near the intersection of Black Canyon Highway and Bell Road, police said. They found a man, identified as 25-year-old Torry Taylor, with a gunshot wound lying in the parking lot of a nearby restaurant.

Taylor was transported to a local hospital but later died from his wounds.

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