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Valley woman shot 10 times in attack in Glendale store, police say

Police said that the shooting happened near 51st and Glendale avenues late Friday night.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Police are looking for a man accused of fatally shooting a woman in a Glendale store Friday night.

The woman, identified as 25-year-old Irma Rivera-Martinez, drove to a store near 51st and Glendale avenues around 9 p.m., according to early reports from the Glendale Police Department.

A short time after she entered, an unknown man wearing all black clothes and a black face mask, came into the store with his face covered and shot the woman "approximately 10 times" with a handgun. Police said he then fled the scene in an unknown direction before officers arrived.

First responders pronounced the woman dead on the scene. 

Authorities said that the investigation is still underway, and there is no word on a possible suspect.

A GoFundMe for Rivera-Martinez's funeral expenses can be found here.

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