1 dead, 1 in custody after shooting in north Phoenix

One man died, and another has been taken into custody after a shooting broke out in north Phoenix early Saturday morning, authorities said.

Officers responded to multiple calls just after midnight about a shooting and a vehicle crash near 19th and Maryland avenues, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

Police found a man, later identified as 58-year-old John David Lee, with a fatal gunshot wound in a vehicle when they arrived and secured the scene.

After speaking with witnesses, officers determined the suspected shooter fled into a nearby apartment. Police found the suspect, whom they later identified as 41-year-old Sherman Murphy, and took him into custody.

Murphy was booked into jail on one count of second-degree murder.

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