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Police investigate death of 19-year-old in Gilbert apartment

Jun 6, 2022, 4:25 AM

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PHOENIX — Police are investigating a homicide that left a 19-year-old woman in Gilbert dead Saturday morning, authorities said.

Officers responded to a call from a female caller around 2 a.m. who said she’d been shot by an unknown person inside her apartment located by San Tan Village Parkway and Ray Road, the Gilbert Police Department said in a tweet.

When police arrived they found Rachel Hansen with a single gunshot wound.

Hansen was taken to Chandler Regional Medical Center where she later died.

Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to call the Gilbert Police Department non-emergency line at 480-503-6500 or can submit information through an online tip portal.

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Police investigate death of 19-year-old in Gilbert apartment