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Welfare check leads to officers finding man dead at Valley bus stop

The man was found dead near 16th and Mohave streets in Phoenix. Here are the latest details.
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A Phoenix Police Department SUV and officers are pictured at a bus stop near 16th and Mohave streets where a man was found dead on Aug. 3, 2024.

PHOENIX — A man was found dead on Saturday at a bus stop just west of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, according to the Phoenix Police Department

The department told 12News officers were called to perform a welfare check near the intersection of 16th and Mohave streets at about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. 

That area is just behind the Phoenix Airport Rental Car Center, near 16th Street and Buckeye Road. 

Officers responded after a a caller reported seeing a man laying down at a bus stop. 

When officers and firefighters got to the bus stop, they found the man and he was declared dead. 

No information has been released about how the man died and he has not been identified. 

This is a developing story and more details will be added as they are made available. 

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