Police search for suspect after teen boy shot, killed in Phoenix

PHOENIX — Phoenix police are seeking information after a teen boy was killed in a shooting late Sunday night, according to authorities.

Officers responded to the scene near the intersection of Bethany Home Road and 35th Avenue in Phoenix just before midnight and found 16-year-old Steven Baptisto-Mahle with a gunshot wound.

He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

An investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Phoenix police at 602-262-6151 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (837-8446) for Spanish.

No additional information was available at this time.

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