Body with gunshot wound found inside burned car on Loop 101, woman in custody: DPS

The Brief

  • DPS says a body with a gunshot wound was found inside a burned car on the Loop 101 near Union Hills Drive.
  • The driver of the car was taken into custody. DPS says she will be booked into jail on homicide charges.
  • No identities were released. The relationship between the suspect and the victim is unknown.

GLENDALE, Ariz. A woman is in custody after authorities say a body with a gunshot wound was found inside a burned car on a freeway in Glendale.

What we know:

Just after 10:30 p.m. on April 21, the Arizona Department of Public Safety says troopers responded to a car fire on southbound Loop 101 near Union Hills Drive. DPS says a woman was standing outside the car, and after the fire was extinguished, a body with a gunshot wound was found in the front passenger seat.

The woman was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

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