Man arrested in connection with 2023 Phoenix shooting that left 1 dead
Dec 20, 2024, 5:15 PM | Updated: 5:17 pm
Detectives have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that killed one man in northwest Phoenix last year. (Facebook File Photo/Phoenix Police Department)
(Facebook File Photo/Phoenix Police Department)
PHOENIX — Detectives have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that killed one man in northwest Phoenix last year, authorities announced Friday.
Ricardo Silva-Sandoval, 18, was booked into jail on Thursday for first-degree murder.
On December 26, 2023, at around 4:15 a.m., Phoenix police arrived to a scene where a man, identified as 39-year-old Mark Maldonado, was suffering from a gunshot wound.
Phoenix fire personnel attempted to treat Maldonado, but he died at the scene.
Officers spoke to multiple people who were inside the home at the time, detaining one person.
Homicide detectives took over the investigation and after speaking to the detainee, they released him.
This is an updated version of a story originally published on Dec. 26, 2023.
