A Saturday night shooting turned a central Phoenix drive-thru liquor store into a homicide scene, leaving one man dead and a busy Buckeye Road intersection once again behind police tape.
Phoenix police say officers were called just before 9:45 p.m. to reports of several shots fired near 16th Avenue and Buckeye Road. When firefighters arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound in the Pop N’ Bottles Drive Thru Liquor parking lot, where he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Arizona’s Family.
Detectives have roped off the parking lot as they collect evidence and interview witnesses, trying to piece together what led up to the gunfire on one of central Phoenix’s main corridors.
How to report tips
Silent Witness lists tip lines at 480-WITNESS (480-948-6377) and 480-TESTIGO for Spanish speakers, and tips can be submitted online. The City of Phoenix notes the Phoenix Police non-emergency number is 602-262-6151 for callers who want to reach investigators directly.
Violence along Buckeye Road
The Buckeye Road corridor and the 16th and Buckeye intersection have been the site of multiple shootings in recent months, including an officer-involved shooting at the same intersection last October, as reported by ABC15. FOX 10 Phoenix also covered that October incident and its aftermath, which sparked renewed public attention on policing in the area…