Suspect arrested in fatal Phoenix shooting during private vehicle sale

PHOENIX — A suspect accused of fatally shooting a man during a private vehicle sale over the weekend was arrested Saturday, authorities said.

Abel Uribe, 29, was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail on charges including first-degree murder, the Phoenix Police Department said in a press release.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting around 9:15 p.m. near 43rd Avenue and McDowell Road on Friday and found 27-year-old David Navidad-Parra with a gunshot wound, police said.

Fire personnel pronounced Navidad-Parra dead on the scene.

Navidad-Parra was reported missing while he was giving a test drive of a vehicle to a man who became the suspect in the shooting, police said.

A vehicle that police believe was involved in the shooting was found on fire early Saturday morning near 91st Avenue and Rose Lane in Glendale.

No additional information was available.

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