PHOENIX — Phoenix police have arrested a suspect accused of attacking two people -- killing one of them -- at a business near 27th Avenue and Jackson Street.
The attack occurred Thursday at about noon and allegedly involved 29-year-old Rodrigo Zamora Valenzuela assaulting a man and a woman with a knife at the Pull-N-Save Self-Service Auto Parts store.
A third person sustained a minor injury during the attack, police said.
The man and woman were quickly transported to the hospital for critical injuries. Police said the man, identified as 46-year-old Jeffrey Matteson, died from his wounds and the woman is currently in stable condition.
Officers quickly located Valenzuela and booked him into jail for one count of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
Valenzuela allegedly told police he had snorted methamphetamine earlier that day and attacked the victims because voices told him they were "evil," court records show.
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