1 dead, another injured after shooting on I-10 in Phoenix

PHOENIX — One man was killed and another was injured when a suspect shot at their vehicle on Interstate 10 in Phoenix early New Year’s Day, authorities said.

The victims were traveling east on I-10 around 2:30 a.m. Sunday when an unknown assailant shot at them near 24th Street, the Phoenix Police Department said.

The driver pulled off the freeway at University Drive and stopped in a nearby parking lot.

Officers responded to the area and found one gunshot victim. Leon Greer, 19, died after being taken to a hospital.

Investigators learned that a second victim had been a passenger the vehicle and was driven to a hospital before police arrived at the scene.

The passenger’s injuries weren’t life-threatening.

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the shooting suspect.

Anybody with information about the case was asked to call the Phoenix Police Department at 602-262-6151 or, to remain anonymous, Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (837-8446) for Spanish.

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