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Police: 2 people shot, 1 dead in Tempe

Tempe police said this shooting does not appear to be connected to the shooting in the Arizona Mills Mall parking lot which also happened Wednesday night.
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One man is dead and another victim has life-threatening injuries after a shooting Wednesday night in Tempe, according to police.

Tempe PD said officers and the Tempe Fire Medical Department responded to the area of Broadway Road and Priest Drive around 11:40 p.m.

Officers arrived to find an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound and another victim, 19, nearby with a gunshot wound.

According to Tempe PD, both victims were taken to a hospital where the 18-year-old was pronounced dead. The 19-year-old victim has life-threatening injuries and is in critical condition.

Tempe police said this shooting does not appear to be connected to the shooting in the Arizona Mills Mall parking lot which also happened Wednesday night.

READ: Man shot in the chest in parking lot at Arizona Mills Mall

Detectives have not identified a suspect or suspects in the shooting. 

Anyone with information is asked to call Tempe police at 480-350-8311.

The investigation is ongoing. 

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