Suspect dies after being shot during home invasion in south Phoenix
Jan 4, 2025, 12:00 PM | Updated: Jan 5, 2025, 10:19 am
Police are searching for suspects after one person was killed as part of a home invasion in south Phoenix on Dec. 16, 2024. (Pixabay photo)
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PHOENIX — Police are investigating a home invasion in south Phoenix that resulted in the death of a suspect.
On Dec. 16, police responded to a report of a shooting in a neighborhood near the intersection of Southern and 51st avenues.
According to police, multiple suspects forced their way into a home there and then exchanged gunfire with a person within the residence.
One of the suspects, Carlos Pardo Espericueta, 28, was shot. He was transported to a nearby hospital and died there on Dec. 27.
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The other suspects left the area on foot.
None of the occupants in the residence were injured.
Police later identified another suspect as 19-year-old Michael Valdes. According to police, Valdes contacted investigators and turned himself in on Dec. 16.
On Jan. 2, Valdes was booked on first-degree murder charges due to the death of Pardo Espericueta.
Police are searching for other suspects related to this home invasion.
