It took 3,500 tips from the public and some old fashion police work by a team of dogged detectives to apprehend the suspect who allegedly sent Phoenix into a panic more than a year ago, murdering nine people during 12 random shootings.
Speaking to People Tuesday morning, Phoenix police spokesman Jonathan Howard likens the year-long investigation that led to 23-year-old Aaron Saucedo’s arrest to assembling a jigsaw puzzle.
“We don’t need the whole puzzle — just give us the missing piece,” Howard tells People. “As we got that missing piece, we were able to put the rest of the puzzle together.
Speaking to People Tuesday morning, Phoenix police spokesman Jonathan Howard likens the year-long investigation that led to 23-year-old Aaron Saucedo’s arrest to assembling a jigsaw puzzle.
“We don’t need the whole puzzle — just give us the missing piece,” Howard tells People. “As we got that missing piece, we were able to put the rest of the puzzle together.
- 5/9/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
They have been on the hunt since mid-March, but investigators in Phoenix, Arizona, tell People they are no closer to apprehending the suspected serial killer believed responsible for fatally shooting at least seven people and injuring three more.
Phoenix police spokesman Jonathan Howard says “there are currently no active, specific, credible leads,” but investigators continue to follow up on “every lead that we encounter.”
Police believe all of the shootings were carried out at random. They say the killer’s crime spree began on March 17, when a 16-year-old boy was shot and injured as he walked down a street.
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Phoenix police spokesman Jonathan Howard says “there are currently no active, specific, credible leads,” but investigators continue to follow up on “every lead that we encounter.”
Police believe all of the shootings were carried out at random. They say the killer’s crime spree began on March 17, when a 16-year-old boy was shot and injured as he walked down a street.
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- 12/27/2016
- by chrisharristimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Arizona police thought the shooting spree of a suspected serial killer ended with the June slayings of a mother and her 12-year-old daughter. But officials have now tied a ninth, non-fatal attack to the gunman, who has killed seven people seemingly at random across Phoenix since March, police announced. On July 11, a gunman opened fire on a man, 21, and a 4-year-old boy as they sat in a car, the Phoenix Police Department announced in a statement. The man and boy were not injured in the shooting. The names of the man and boy have not been released. Seven people have...
- 8/4/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Arizona police thought the shooting spree of a suspected serial killer ended with the June slayings of a mother and her 12-year-old daughter. But officials have now tied a ninth attack - this one non-fatal - to the gunman, who police believe has seemingly killed at random across Phoenix since March, police announced Wednesday. On July 11, a gunman opened fire on a man, 21, and a 4-year-old boy as they sat in a car, the Phoenix Police Department announced in a statement. The man and boy were not injured in the shooting. The names of the man and boy have not been released.
- 8/4/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Twelve-year-old Maleah Ellis, her mom Stefanie and family friend Angela Linner were sitting in a car outside their Phoenix home when a stranger pulled up and opened fire. All three were killed - shot more than 30 times, according to Sefanie's brother - by a suspected serial killer who has been unleashing violence at random across the city since March, police believe. Seven people have been killed and two others wounded in a series of attacks that have led authorities to offer a $30,000 reward and warn residents city-wide to stay alert whenever they go outside. The victims were shot as they walked down the sidewalk,...
- 7/14/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Arizona police are looking for a suspected serial killer who may be responsible for fatally shooting at least seven people since March in Phoenix, including a 12-year-old girl, officials announced. Police released a sketch of the man they suspect to be behind seven homicides and two non-fatal shootings on the city's west side. The new figure comes after detectives tied four new shootings to a string of unsolved homicides, according to a police statement. "Someone out there knows who did this. We need our community to call us or Silent Witness and help us solve these cases, bring justice to these families and victims,...
- 7/13/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Arizona police are looking for a suspected serial killer who may be responsible for killing at least seven people in Phoenix since March, officials announced. Police released a sketch of the man they suspect to be behind seven homicides and two non-fatal shootings on the city's west side. The new figure comes after detectives tied four new shootings to a string of unsolved homicides, according to a police statement. "Someone out there knows who did this. We need our community to call us or Silent Witness and help us solve these cases, bring justice to these families and victims, and prevent more violence from occurring,...
- 7/13/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
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