Police seek suspect after 9 injured in shooting at Phoenix business
Jan 1, 2023, 10:30 AM | Updated: 5:41 pm
(Facebook File Photo/Phoenix Police Department)
(Facebook File Photo/Phoenix Police Department)
PHOENIX — Police are looking for a suspect involved in a shooting that left nine people injured at a business in Phoenix on Saturday, authorities said.
Officers responded to the scene near 19th Avenue and Indian School Road around 4 a.m. and found victims suffering from gunshot wounds, the Phoenix Police Department said in a press release.
After authorities took several victims to local hospitals they learned other victims had been driven to hospitals before police arrived.
One victim was a woman who was pregnant. Her injuries did not affect the pregnancy.
Each victim’s injury was the result of gunshot wounds and were not life-threatening. Police released the ages of six victims: 19-year-old man, 20-year-old man, two 21-year-old men, 23-year-old man, 20-year-old woman.
The incident occurred at a party hosted at the business when two individuals got into an argument, police said.
Detectives said they believe other victims could be involved in the incident.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Phoenix Police Department at 602-262-6151 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (948-6377).
No additional information was made available.
