Teenage boy arrested in fatal Phoenix convenience store shooting

PHOENIX — A teenage boy was arrested in a fatal shooting at a Phoenix convenience store on Tuesday, authorities said.

Officers responded to the store near 75th Avenue and Camelback Road at about 12:30 a.m. and found 44-year-old Guadalupe Mercado suffering from a gunshot wound, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

Phoenix Fire Department personnel pronounced Mercado dead at the scene.

Surveillance camera footage from the store linked the teen to the shooting, police said.

The boy, whose name hasn’t been released since he is a minor, was arrested on several felony charges, including murder.

Detectives are investigating the events that led to the shooting.

No other information was available.

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