15-year-old girl found dead from gunshot wound inside apartment

PHOENIX — A victim found dead inside an apartment with a gunshot wound on Monday was a teen girl, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

Authorities initially said the victim was a woman in her 20s, but a Thursday update identified the victim as 15-year-old Kyelonna Meya Smiley.

Officers responded to reports of a dead body in the area of 77th Avenue and Encanto Boulevard around 9:40 a.m. They found Smiley with a gunshot wound…

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