Teen dead from shooting in parking lot of west Phoenix shopping center

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect in a weekend homicide.

Officers responded to the area of 33rd and Grand avenues around 4:10 p.m. on Sunday, where they found 19-year-old Jabes Gurrola with at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Phoenix Police Homicide Detectives have taken over the investigation and are asking anyone with information about what happened to Gurrola to come forward.

Anyone with pertinent information can call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (837-8446) for Spanish speakers.

This is the second homicide involving a young adult that Phoenix police investigated over the weekend.

On Friday around 10:50 p.m., 24-year-old Jioenise Summerfield was found dead on the side of the road near 56th Avenue and Broadway Road. Homicide detectives are also asking the public for help in that case.

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