PHOENIX — A man is dead following a shooting in south Phoenix late Sunday night, city police said. The shooting is still under investigation.
Phoenix police have identified the victim as 38-year-old Isaiah Petite.
According to early reports, the shooting happened around 10:05 p.m. near 15th Avenue and Maricopa Street. When officers arrived in the area, they found a man, now identified as Petite, with at least one gunshot wound, police said.
First responders took Petite to the hospital where he later died of his injuries.
The area was temporarily closed for the investigation but has since reopened.
What led up to the shooting is still under investigation, and police have not disclosed whether or not any suspects have been identified.
Anyone with information is asked to call Silent Witness at 480(WITNESS) or 480(TESTIGO).
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