Suspect called family, admitted to deadly shooting: Phoenix PD

The Brief

  • A 63-year-old woman was fatally shot Sunday in Phoenix near 43rd and Virginia Avenues.
  • The suspect, 58-year-old Salvador Najera Jr., was arrested and booked on charges including murder and misconduct involving weapons.
  • The motive for the shooting and the suspect’s relationship to the victim are currently unknown.

PHOENIX Phoenix police are investigating a shooting that left a woman dead on Sunday afternoon.

What we know:

Around 4:41 p.m. on Oct. 26, officers responded to the area of 43rd Avenue and Thomas Road and found a woman shot and unresponsive. The woman, later identified as 63-year-old Michelle Semenjuk, was taken to a nearby hospital where she died.

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