The Phoenix Police Department is searching for the person responsible for the following incidents in the Maryvale area: March 17: A 16-year-old was shot while walking around 11.
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Phoenix police have connected seven deaths and two woundings to a serial killer who shoots his victims at night with a semi-automatic handgun. He may have an accomplice, police said.
Two days later the shooter struck again at the exact same time, shooting a 21-year-old man who was standing outside of his vehicle.
The most recent attack occurred June 12, when the shooter killed three people in the early morning. According to Dave Biscobing, an investigative reporter for the local ABC News outlet, the Phoenix police don’t believe the shooter has a motive.
A witness was able to provide a suspect description, bringing police one step closer to finding the killer.
The Maricopa County District Attorney’s Office and law enforcement agencies together are offering a $30,000 reward for information that leads to solving this mystery.
The body of Krystal Annette White, 55, was found at her home address around 4:30 a.m. on April 19.
April 1: A 21-year-old man, Diego Verdugo-Sanchez, was killed in an apparent drive-by shooting in his auto at 5500 W. Turney Ave. around 9 p.m.
Ten years after the arrests of serial killers Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman in Phoenix, a serial killer is once again on the loose in the Phoenix area.
It’s been a month since a serial shooter has opened fire in the Phoenix community of Maryvale, but on Tuesday, police announced that his list of victims – and their investigation area – had grown.
Two people were killed in April and two in June.
On June 10, Manuel Castro Garcia was shot and killed in front of a home near 65th Avenue and Coronado Road. You killed a 12-year-old girl in a auto in her driveway’. He was shot after he was heard arguing with someone in the auto.
An unoccupied vehicle shot up at 9:30 p.m. on June 12.
‘Police are confident that White’s case is still forensically linked to the other incidents, ‘ Sgt Jonathan Howard told The Arizona Republic. “I’m not asking people to be fearful”.
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The police department is urging those with information related to the incidents to speak out.
