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Phoenix police find woman shot to death inside car

Officers found the woman at the scene near 31st Avenue and Indian School Road, the Phoenix Police Department said.

PHOENIX — A woman is dead in Phoenix after she was found inside of a car with a gunshot wound, the city's police department said.

Officers responded to the scene near 31st Avenue and Indian School Road early Friday morning after reports of an unresponsive person inside of a vehicle, police said. They found the woman, later identified as 37-year-old Jaclyn Nguyen, inside the vehicle and pronounced her dead at the scene.

The suspects are outstanding and investigations are still underway.

Police have not yet released the following information:

  • Descriptions of the outstanding suspects
  • The events leading up to the shooting
  • Whether the woman was shot while driving her car of before she started driving

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