PHOENIX — Phoenix police are searching for suspects after a teenage girl was shot and killed near 91st Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road early Sunday morning.
The shooting reportedly happened just after midnight, and police found the girl outside the home suffering from a gunshot wound. The Phoenix Fire Department pronounced the girl dead on the scene.
The girl has been identified as 17-year-old Desiree Rivas, a student of Cesar Chavez High School and a member of the school's cheer squad.
"Our hearts are broken into a million pieces," the school's spirit line wrote in a statement. "May Dessy rest in peace and be surrounded by love and light."
Police believe that the teen was leaving a house party in the area when she was shot.
Right now it's unclear what led up to the shooting, and police said that no arrests have been made.
Rivas was the second teen to be killed in Phoenix over the weekend.
Anyone with information can contact the Phoenix Police Department, or Silent Witness (480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO for Spanish).
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