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1 dead after road rage shooting near I-17

Police said the incident happened Wednesday near 23rd and Dunlap avenues.

PHOENIX — One person is dead after a road rage shooting that happened Wednesday night near I-17, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

Police said the incident happened around 6:30 p.m. near 23rd and Dunlap avenues.

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Police arrived at the scene to find 22-year-old Aramis Ross, who had been shot.

"The Phoenix Fire Department transported him to a nearby hospital where he was diagnosed with a non-survivable, catastrophic brain injury," police said.

After this, homicide detectives were brought in to investigate the shooting.

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Police said evidence collected at the scene points to an "extended road rage incident" between Ross and a "suspect" identified by investigators as a 19-year-old man.

"After stopping in traffic near 2700 West Dunlap Avenue, the incident concluded with the suspect firing a gun and striking the victim," police said.

According to police, the suspect was detained a short time later after he "notified police of his involvement" in the incident.

Other details have not been released.

The investigation is ongoing and after completed, its findings will be sent to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for review.

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